Making Double Mat For Photo Frame

And now for the best trick for budget friendly bright white diy photo mats.

Making double mat for photo frame.

Are you ready to have your mind blown. Mats are used in framing photographs and artwork to center the focus of the picture and give it a sense of spatial depth. Thicker 4 ply mat board with 1 6 or 0 0625 thickness each. Check for clean corners then admire your work.

If you ve ever used the ikea ribba frames you ll know that the mats are more of a cream than a pure white. Our double mats are. 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. Add elegance and protection when framing photos or artwork by adding a frame mat in a complementary color.

Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame. A double mat is not what many people think it is. 1 mat over the picture. 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.

Picture frames mat board ruler cutting mat exacto knife pencil tape or hardware for holding the art in the frame. Cut the window out of the accent mat and flip the mats over. Buffered to a neutral ph acid free non conservation above industry standards so your photo will stay protected for longer. Bevel cut to give your photo a professional finish.

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. A double mat never involves cutting through two thicknesses of mat board. It drives me caaa razy. This post will provide advice and showcase a few endless mat combinations ranging from simple to super eclectic.

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. 2 mats one mat on top of the other. Double triple matboard opening help single mat. 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.

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