Diy Double Matting

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.

Diy double matting. Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork. Acid free double mats to complement to your photographs. A double mat is not what many people think it is. 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.

I used my cricut maker for this project but you could absolutely use one of the. 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. Our double mats are. 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.

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. A double mat never involves cutting through two thicknesses of mat 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. How to cut a double mat on a logan mat cutter.

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. I painted mine blue for this project. Something with a medium tack works well and you can always switch out the art. Thicker 4 ply mat board with 1 6 or 0 0625 thickness each.

Bevel cut to give your photo a professional finish. Buffered to a neutral ph acid free non conservation above industry standards so your photo will stay protected for longer. Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame. 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.

Match your whites dawgs. After that you can paint or decorate your mats if you d like. 12 x 12 inch cardstock i grabbed mine at joann s during a sale so each sheet was only 47 cutting machine.