Diy Mat Picture Frame

Attach your artwork to that center piece of foam board you cut out.

Diy mat picture frame. Are you ready to have your mind blown. And having them custom cut wasn t an option because i didn t want to spend a fortune on this project. Read on to learn how to make your own diy picture mats. 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. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam board and individual mats cut around each section. 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. Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the 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. Assembling your mat frame. 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.

I glued my print because it was printed on very sturdy canvas paper. I hunted around for some picture mats that would work to no avail. First measure the size your mat will bewhich is typically the size of the glass in the frame and the size frame you buy 8 10 11 14 etc. Congrats you ve made a diy picture frame with a mat.

If you re working with original artwork please don t glue it.