How To Make A Mat For Aframe

After that you can paint or decorate your mats if you d like.

How to make a mat for aframe.

Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork. Pick a mat or a number of mats if you choose to utilize multiple layers you like that is a good look for the picture you ll be framing then decide whether the mat will go around the edges of the picture in the frame or serve as a frame itself. Make custom mats for frames with this simple step by step tutorial. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam.

Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame. Decide on a style of mat that you like. Something with a medium tack works well and you can always switch out the art. Match your whites dawgs.

Make custom mats for frames with this simple step by step tutorial. In addition to that issue i was also working with some art sizes that didn t actually fit the mats they were square or just off the usual size and mixing in some vintage frames which didn t have any mats at all. 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. It is easy to design and cut your own mats with the cricut maker and the knife blade.

I painted mine blue for this project.