How To Make Photo Mats For Scrapbooks

Generally they are 1 8 inch bigger than the photo all the way around.

How to make photo mats for scrapbooks.

Think of them as frames for your photos. They can be precut mats that you buy for that purpose or they can be mats that you create yourself. It completes the framing process and really allows you to play with your layout designs. Here are some examples.

Make sure to check out our photo mat set. As you get ready to mat a photo study it and decide if there s a theme that you can pull from the photo. Have a photo of your son playing the trumpet. I use scrapbook paper when making mats for my smaller photos and have had some wonderful results.

This is a whole new craft to enjoy. Choose a smaller size such as a 1 4 or 1 8 inch 0 6 or 0 3 cm border. Fortunately the book i mentioned has plenty of information and guidelines to help you make such decisions. Make a larger photo mat in a complimentary but darker color.

And what an interesting picture can be produced by simply matting and framing something as basic as a greeting card or rubber stamped image. Yup forget the saving money part. Create your first mat in a light color such as white that will highlight your photo. Use that theme to create a photo mat.

Make it 1 4 to 2 inches larger than your first photo mat. Make a photo mat out of old sheet music or scrapbook paper that has musical notes. That are bigger than the photo itself. Check out the samples in this video.