How To Make Your Own Picture Matte

Put that reclaimed wood to use and make a gorgeous statement piece for your own home.

How to make your own picture matte.

Create your own rustic picture frame. Making your own picture frame is a great way to personalize your home décor and to create a device that is truly appropriate to the image inside of it. Yup forget the saving money part. Fortunately the book i mentioned has plenty of information and guidelines to help you make such decisions.

And having them custom cut wasn t an option because i didn t want to spend a fortune on this project. Here s how to cut your own picture mats. Next cut a second picture mat to the same size but this time cut a window out from the inside of the mat to frame your picture. Get ideas and learn how to display photos trinkets and vacation souveniers in store bought shadow box frames.

To learn how to secure your picture mats inside of the frame scroll down. To make a picture frame you ll need to assemble a cardboard mat four wood or metal sides creating the outline of your frame and the glass or plexiglass front used to protect the picture. I hunted around for some picture mats that would work to no avail. Read on to learn how to make your own diy picture mats.

I love framing photos and displaying them throughout my house but sometimes i want them to stand out a little better or fit into a certain frame. This is a whole new craft to enjoy. And what an interesting picture can be produced by simply matting and framing something as basic as a greeting card or rubber stamped image. 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.

The supplies you ll need are. How to make your own photo mats last week my husband and i were down in the basement cleaning out a lot of our junk stuff and i came across an old art project i did in college. 2 if you already have the artwork you re going to use write down a quick description on each cut out sheet of paper so that you make sure you don t have too much of one thing too close together. If you ignore the crazy sparkly bird nest in the bottom right corner its actually a great piece of art.

Or it will be when i m done with it. The dimensions of the window are a matter of preference but usually a 1 2 inch to 1 5 inch thick frame looks best. I ve purchased custom picture mats before but it s super easy to make your own and you can even use your favourite scrapbook paper for. Picture frames mat board ruler cutting mat exacto knife pencil tape or hardware for holding the art in the frame.

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.