Diy Matting For Multiple Pictures

The supplies you ll need are.

Diy matting for multiple pictures.

First you need the mat board and image you will be framing. Artwork shown here is for display purposes only. There is a really easy way to cut your own mats without expensive mat cutter tools. Now my sweet attley has even more pink in her room and plenty of family photos.

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. 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. You can purchase custom mats however i chose to make mine for a fraction of the cost using foam board.

You can add a custom picture frame for any of these mat designs. And now for the best trick for budget friendly bright white diy photo mats. 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. Between the crazy inexpensive frame solution i came up with and these diy photo mats the entire project cost right at 65 00.

Order from our most popular multiple opening matboard templates or contact us with your own custom design. You can create your diagram digitally in a program such as photoshop or microsoft word or you can simply draw it out by hand. You re going to start by measuring your image and mat board for cutting. Say you want a mat that has openings for three 5 x 7 images with 1 in between each opening and 2 borders all the way around.

Here s how to cut your own picture mats. Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork. It helps it stand out and gives a buffer between the artwork and the diy frame. Let s start by creating the picture frame mat.

Huge impact low price. Are you ready to have your mind blown. I love the addition of a mat to artwork. Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame.

It drives me caaa razy. 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. 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. Check out that photo gallery wall that wound up being super affordable.

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