Diy Frame Mat Board

How to create a photo mat by hand without a mat cutter.

Diy frame mat board.

What is the purpose of a mat. The two main purposes of matboard are for decoration and protection. How to hang a gallery wall plus my simple trick for making budget friendly bright white diy photo mats for picture frames like these ikea ribba frames. A matboard sometimes referred to as a mat is a cardboard like material which sits between a frame and your photograph or artwork to give it a more finished look.

Then it s just a matter of cutting the bristol board to fit the frame. Many a large mat are double the cost of a piece of uncut mat board yowzers and with that said i do collect photography prints and frames and have spent plenty a dime on professionally made or store bought mats but all too regularly find myself dealing with two issues. 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. Matboards range in a variety of colors and cores depending on your needs.

Take the frame apart and use it s existing mat as a tracing guide. You re going to start by measuring your image and mat board for cutting. All of these can be found at craft or art supply stores. Then instead of cutting any additional hole.

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. Picture frames mat board ruler cutting mat exacto knife pencil tape or hardware for holding the art in the frame.