How To Mat A Picture For Scrapbooking

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How to mat a picture for scrapbooking.

However by adding just one or two embellishments you can create exquisite photo mats. Turn a quarter turn line up at the dot and cut again at the four. A great time saving technique in scrapbooking is to mat several photos all on one piece of card stock. I ve cut these mats by hand and used the quick cut side of the mosaic moments cutting mat to create mats for my 4 4 and 4 3 photos.

5 out of 5 stars 35 35 reviews 2 00. Take a single sheet of cardstock and lay it on your flat work table. It s easy to line up your cardstock at the large white dot and cut along the 4. They can hold everything from crinkled letters to a punched train ticket a faded newspaper clipping to a well worn recipe card or a candid shot of a loved one we wouldn t dare to lose.

Prepare the mat board and the mount board by measuring them to fit in the picture frame and make careful cuts in the mat board to create the border for the picture. In this blog post we ll show you how to matte a photo on your scrapbook pages. These photo mats will be 5 by 7 inches 12 7 by 17 8 cm making great 1 2 inch 1 3 cm mat borders for 4 by 6 inch 10 2 by 15 2 cm photographs. A well cut mat can make a huge difference in how a picture looks taking it from a simple snapshot to a framed piece of art.

Scrapbook photo mats frames die cut photo mats cardstock frames photo mats picture photo mats photos pictures die cuts handmade rcreationsanddesigns. Quite often we make photo mats out of cardstock and call it good enough.