Making Double Mat For Photo Frame

You now have a perfectly cut double mat that won t shift or move out of alignment.

Making double mat for photo frame.

Picture frames mat board ruler cutting mat exacto knife pencil tape or hardware for holding the art in the frame. Thicker 4 ply mat board with 1 6 or 0 0625 thickness each. If you ve ever used the ikea ribba frames you ll know that the mats are more of a cream than a pure white. Adding a double or accent mat to your framed photo or artwork is an easy way to add character to make the image pop even more.

A double mat is not what many people think it is. A double mat never involves cutting through two thicknesses of mat board. Check for clean corners then admire your work. Bevel cut to give your photo a professional finish.

1 mat over the picture. 2 mats one mat on top of the other. Choose one of our acid free pre cut mats or customize an uncut matboard. Of course you also need art or photos you ll put in the frame and the tape is for taping the art inside the frame if you don t have another way to hold it in.

Acid free double mats to complement to your photographs. The addition of a sleek well cut mat can greatly enhance the look of any framed picture but having a mat cut and frame made commercially can sometimes cost more than the picture itself. Rather a double mat is just two single mats stacked together two single mats with two different size windows stacked together so the window of the under mat appears as a band of color around the inside of the window of. Cut the window out of the accent mat and flip the mats over.

Using the edges of the show mat to start your measurements measure and draw cut lines on the back of the accent mat for a window of 7 1 2 x 9 1 2. Mats are used in framing photographs and artwork to center the focus of the picture and give it a sense of spatial depth. It drives me caaa razy. 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. Buffered to a neutral ph acid free non conservation above industry standards so your photo will stay protected for longer. This post will provide advice and showcase a few endless mat combinations ranging from simple to super eclectic. Double triple matboard opening help single mat.

The top mat has a slightly larger opening than the bottom mat to allow a small border of the bottom mat to show around the image.