Diy Mat Picture 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.

Diy mat picture frame.

If you ve ever used the ikea ribba frames you ll know that the mats are more of a cream than a pure white. Now you just need to put it all together. Read on to learn how to make your own diy picture mats. You can score the mat and cut again if that s easier for you sometimes the mat boards are thick.

Assembling your mat frame. I glued my print because it was printed on very sturdy canvas paper. 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. It drives me caaa razy.

If you re working with original artwork please don t glue it. Attach your artwork to that center piece of foam board you cut out. Congrats you ve made a diy picture frame with a mat. And having them custom cut wasn t an option because i didn t want to spend a fortune on this project.

So as per usual i figured out a way to make diy picture mats and spent a whopping total of 4 00 to make them. And now for the best trick for budget friendly bright white diy photo mats. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam board and individual mats cut around each section. Are you ready to have your mind blown.

I hunted around for some picture mats that would work to no avail.