Diy Photo Mat Ideas

The art of cutting custom picture frame mats.

Diy photo mat ideas. It drives me caaa razy. Jun 13 2015 explore angel candi s board mats on pinterest. Next you get on with covering your mat. I hunted around for some picture mats that would work to no avail.

You re going to start by measuring your image and mat board for cutting. How to create a photo mat by hand without a mat cutter. First you need the mat board and image you will be framing. Handmade by alissa have you ever noticed that all of the pretty placemats are also ridiculously expensive and that all the cheap ones are flimsy or just plain ugly.

I painted mine blue for this project. Place the mat over the burlap. Since this wrinkled the mats i wanted to cover them up. Read on to learn how to make your own diy picture mats.

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. 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. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam. Hence my idea to use the burlap.

Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork. If you ve ever used the ikea ribba frames you ll know that the mats are more of a cream than a pure white. Lucky for you we ve found these 13 simple ideas for creating your own without spending lots of time or money. Decide how wide you want your mat to be i chose 3 for my mat and measure that distance in from the edge of each side to create a smaller rectangle within your mat.

Cool hacks and genius diy ideas. Are you ready to have your mind blown. Use your x acto knife and metal ruler to cut out your mat the size of your frame. See more ideas about matting pictures frame matting photo matting.

Find tips on how to use a mat cutting kit to make custom sized mats for framing artwork. So as per usual i figured out a way to make diy picture mats and spent a whopping total of 4 00 to make them. And now for the best trick for budget friendly bright white diy photo mats. 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.

Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame. After that you can paint or decorate your mats if you d like. Depending on how big your photos and frames are you can adjust the mat width to whatever looks.