Diy Collage Mat

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Diy collage mat.

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. We have over 250 collage mats ready to design into with very standard sizes. 12 x 12 inch cardstock i grabbed mine at joann s during a sale so each sheet was only 47 cutting machine. Add 2 4 75 1 4 75 1 4 75 2 to get a width of 20 25 or 20.

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. Use the x acto knife and ruler again to cut away the excess paper from the mat. Cut the mat size using your exacto knife. And now for the best trick for budget friendly bright white diy photo mats.

Are you ready to have your mind blown. I wanted the mat to sit about an below the bottom of the cove. How to make diy picture mats. Diy collage picture frame plan.

Collage mats or multi hole mats are mats that have more than one window opening in them. Get more from this episode. Place the print of your family motto. Display as desired and enjoy.

Arrange the photos on the mat before gluing make sure you alternate photos with similar colors so you don t create a color block. It drives me caaa razy. Our stock collage mats range from having 2 13 windows. Then tape your photo in place behind the mat.

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. I set my kreg multi mark so it was about an below the bottom of the cove and made a mark. Next i made a groove to accept the plywood mat. Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame.

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. 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. I plotted in pencil using the mat guide as a rule. 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. Glue the photos onto the mat.