Mat Your Photos With Cardstock

Slimline photo mat made from cardstock 8 x 10 for an 8x10 photo and 5 x 7 for a 5x7 or 4 x 6 inch photo.

Mat your photos with cardstock.

This is a quick video on how you can create your own design for a photo mat. There should be enough space at the top for the width of the photo. If your frame will be permanently affixed to the picture you can glue it at this point. The measurement should be equal on both adjacent sides.

Place your frame on a new piece of card stock and tracing the outside of the entire frame except the top. You can use photos of any size and shape in a scrapbook. 4 cut your design out and repeat steps 1 through 3 for as many diy photo mats as you need to make. 3 place one sheet of card stock on your cutting mat and select the material type you are cutting.

A lot of cardstock comes in a variety of colors of 12 by 12 inch 30 5 by 30 5 cm sheets which is an optimal size for cutting mats for 5 by 7 inch 12 7 by 17 8 cm photos step 3 buy some decorative papers for. Once you mat a photo with cardstock add a borer to the inside and outside edge of the cardstock with twine or ribbon. I suggest measuring slightly larger so that when you place your photo in the mat you don t have to line it up absolutely perfectly with the edges of the mat. Use a light color cardstock to mat a photo and then a darker color of cardstock to create an outside border.

Step 1 choose your photographs. This will keep the picture from rippling under the glass expecially if you live in a humid climate use dark cardstockto keep any printing from the backside showing through the front. Twine or thin ribbon. Measure from the edge of the paper to the edge of your photo.

If you are creating a multi use frame add a photo holder to the back of the frame. Check out our silhouette tutorial playlist on youtube. Learn how to remove vinyl and cardstock from your cutting mat. Mar 6 2018 explore paula dohse s board picture matting on pinterest.

See more ideas about matting pictures picture frames diy picture frames. Flip your paper over and place your photo in the center. If your magazine page is printed on a flimsier stock magazines aint what they used to be spray mount 3m777 is the best to a dark smooth piece of matting or cardstock. Thanks so much for watching and subscribing.

I used the heavy card stock setting because the card stock i purchased was on the thick side and that setting worked like a charm.