Diy Matting For Multiple Pictures

How to create a photo mat by hand without a mat cutter.

Diy matting for multiple pictures.

And now for the best trick for budget friendly bright white diy photo mats. Framing photos and art is one of the most common projects i do. You re going to start by measuring your image and mat board for cutting. All it takes is a few supplies some art or a photo to frame and you ll be creating your own decor in no time.

Visit our custom design gallery to see some of the highly customized mats and frames we ve created. You can create your diagram digitally in a program such as photoshop or microsoft word or you can simply draw it out by hand. Check out that photo gallery wall that wound up being super affordable. Artwork shown here is for display purposes only.

It drives me caaa razy. Order from our most popular multiple opening matboard templates or contact us with your own custom design. Are you ready to have your mind blown. You can purchase custom mats however i chose to make mine for a fraction of the cost using foam board.

Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam. Between the crazy inexpensive frame solution i came up with and these diy photo mats the entire project cost right at 65 00. Let s start by creating the picture frame mat. Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork.

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. Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame. Diy picture frame mat. Now my sweet attley has even more pink in her room and plenty of family photos.

If you ve ever used the ikea ribba frames you ll know that the mats are more of a cream than a pure white. I love the addition of a mat to artwork. Many a large mat are double the cost of a piece of uncut mat board yowzers and with that said i do collect photography prints and frames and have spent plenty a dime on professionally made or store bought mats but all too regularly find myself dealing with two issues. There is a really easy way to cut your own mats without expensive mat cutter tools.

You can add a custom picture frame for any of these mat designs. Mat board center pack of 10 18x24 uncut white color mats acid free 4 ply thickness white core for pictures photos framing great for diy projects or unique picture sizes 4 6 out of 5 stars 71. First you need the mat board and image you will be framing. Here s how to cut your own picture mats.

The supplies you ll need are.