Make Your Own Mat For Frame

Determine the size of your picture frame.

Make your own mat for frame.

What kind of images would you put inside. A cheaper solution is to learn to cut your own mat frames using a handful of basic materials that allow you to fully customize the look of your framed picture. The first opening is free. Cutting mats is easy inexpensive and takes your artwork to a new level.

Match your whites dawgs. To make a picture frame you ll need to assemble a cardboard mat four wood or metal sides creating the outline of your frame and the glass or plexiglass front used to protect the picture. The cost of this product has increased to 109 95 since this segment first aired. Another reason to do your own mat cutting is that for the first time a truly professional type of cutter is available for under 100.

Such a great value at 7 99 each. If its a new frame i always use the paper inserts as a tracing guide. To calculate the price of your custom cut mat board take the price of the mat board plus 3 00 per extra opening. Making your own picture frame is a great way to personalize your home décor and to create a device that is truly appropriate to the image inside of it.

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. Have you been wanting to create a collage frame with custom mat board of your own. 1 4 plywood or cardboard. I ll share the formula to figure it out.

Invest in a simple mat cutter and the world of framing is at your fingertips. First measure the size your mat will be which is typically the size of the glass in the frame and the size frame you buy 8 10 11 14 etc. Your frame size will depend on the size of the picture you are framing and the size of the mat that you want. Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame.

Cut the mat size using your exacto knife. 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. These frames are my favorite ikea stromby frames. You can score the mat and cut again if that s easier for you sometimes the mat boards are thick.

Just simply trace or measure the size on the back of the mat board then cut it using your ruler and some sort of cutting. Cutter i used is listed at 79.