Diy Linen Photo Mat

Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork.

Diy linen photo mat. Align the outside edges of the mat and channel spacers and firmly push them in place. Place the mat over the burlap. Ours are made from the highest quality materials and offered in a wide range of colors and prices for every application. Notice that the channel spacers cover the edges of the linen near the mat window so any fraying that might ve taken place doesn t show.

Next you get on with covering your mat. Linen liners can be added to any linen liner compatible frame and to 3 4 framed stretched canvas. Instead add a linen liner to create the same transition from art to frame that mats do for pictures on paper. Hence my idea to use the burlap.

General purpose acid free and conservation framing. Since this wrinkled the mats i wanted to cover them up. I painted mine blue for this project. For this project i wanted to reuse the mats but they were glued to the toy pictures so i pulled apart the mat from the picture which was on a piece of foam board.

Something with a medium tack works well and you can always switch out the art. And now for the best trick for budget friendly bright white diy photo mats. Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame. If you don t have a cutting machine you can still make these diy picture mats by cutting a template out of cardboard and using a craft knife to make the cuts on your card stock.

Are you ready to have your mind blown. Beginning with a turquoise mat add 1 2 foam board on top and end with the addition of a white mat on top of the foam board. After that you can paint or decorate your mats if you d like. I used my cricut maker for this project but you could absolutely use one of the.

It drives me caaa razy. If you ve ever used the ikea ribba frames you ll know that the mats are more of a cream than a pure white. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam. 12 x 12 inch cardstock i grabbed mine at joann s during a sale so each sheet was only 47 cutting machine.

Mats are great with photos posters fine art prints diplomas or watercolors. Then you tape your art photo to the back of the mat making sure your piece is centered in the mat as you want it i used masking tape for this. But for canvas art mats don t work. If any channel spacer is longer than the edge of the mat cut it off evenly so that it ll fit well into the frame.