Diy Collage Mat

Cut the mat size using your exacto knife.

Diy collage mat.

If you ve ever used the ikea ribba frames you ll know that the mats are more of a cream than a pure white. Then tape your photo in place behind the mat. 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. Are you ready to have your mind blown.

You can order just the mat or load it up with a frame acrylic and all of the necessary accessories to hang it on your wall. You can score the mat and cut again if that s easier for you sometimes the mat boards are thick. Cut the paper down to fit the frame if necessary. I plotted in pencil using the mat guide as a rule.

Use the x acto knife and ruler again to cut away the excess paper from the mat. Once i had my mat cut to size i adjusted the guide so that my mat border all the way around would be 2. Display as desired and enjoy. Get more from this episode.

Smooth out any bubbles. I started by cutting a piece of mat board using the straight edge and mat knife to the dimensions of one of my frames. Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame. I set my kreg multi mark so it was about an below the bottom of the cove and made a mark.

12 x 12 inch cardstock i grabbed mine at joann s during a sale so each sheet was only 47 cutting machine. Spray the back of your patterned paper and the front of your mat with the spray adhesive and carefully place one side on top of the other to adhere. Add 2 4 75 1 4 75 1 4 75 2 to get a width of 20 25 or 20. We have over 250 collage mats ready to design into with very standard sizes.

Then add 2 6 75 2 to get a height of 10 75 or 10 20 x 10 will be the outside dimensions of the mat and frame acrylic and mounting board if you are ordering a frame package. Place the print of your family motto. I wanted the mat to sit about an below the bottom of the cove. Our stock collage mats range from having 2 13 windows.

It drives me caaa razy. Arrange the photos on the mat before gluing make sure you alternate photos with similar colors so you don t create a color block. 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. Collage mats or multi hole mats are mats that have more than one window opening in them.

Diy collage picture frame plan. How to make diy picture mats.