Diy Double Matting

Thicker 4 ply mat board with 1 6 or 0 0625 thickness each.

Diy double matting. How to cut a double mat on a logan mat cutter. If you don t have a cutting machine you can still make these diy picture mats by cutting a template out of cardboard and using a craft knife to make the cuts on your card stock. Match your whites dawgs. I used my cricut maker for this project but you could absolutely use one of the.

Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam. 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. Beginning with a turquoise mat add 1 2 foam board on top and end with the addition of a white mat on top of the foam board. This will allow for 1 4 of the perimeter of the 11 x 14 artwork to be hidden essentially taped from the back underneath the opening of.

Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame. 12 x 12 inch cardstock i grabbed mine at joann s during a sale so each sheet was only 47 cutting machine. A double mat is not what many people think it is. I painted mine blue for this project.

Acid free double mats to complement to your photographs. The od outer dimension of the bottom mat would be 16 x 20 the id inner dimension would typically be 10 1 2 x 13 1 2. Bevel cut to give your photo a professional finish. Frametory 11x14 black picture frames made to display pictures 8x10 with mat or 11x14 without mat wide molding pre installed wall mounting hardware black 4 7 out of 5 stars 3 374 13 89 13.

We will explain how to order 16 x 20 double mats for an 11 x 14 picture. 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. After that you can paint or decorate your mats if you d like. A double mat never involves cutting through two thicknesses of mat board.

Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork. 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. Something with a medium tack works well and you can always switch out the art.