How To Use Cardstock Paper To Make A Matting

Cutting the glitter cardstock sheets.

How to use cardstock paper to make a matting.

Let your photo mats make a statement. The variety of weights sizes colors and finishes that card stock is available in makes it suitable. So far in our ultimate guide to card stock we ve covered sheet size and paper weight color and finish and printing and finishing. Time and cutting these sheets to size would be an easy task for the.

I m completely in love with my silhouette cameo and use it all. The sash is made from ribbon sealed at the ends with a lighter. After that you can paint or decorate your mats if you d like. The 2020 was cut with iron on and pressed with her easypress mini.

Adhere art in the center of the cardstock layer and place in frame. The character is cut from cardstock using a standardgrip mat color matched to fit the graduate and then glued together. 12 x 12 inch cardstock i grabbed mine at joann s during a sale so each sheet was only 47 cutting machine. 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.

Make a hodge podge photo mat from different candy wrappers. Trim a piece of neutral card stock just larger than the art and adhere it to the center of the foamcore piece. Something with a medium tack works well and you can always switch out the art. Save those candy bar wrappers.

Standardgrip green ideal for use with cardstock patterned paper embossed cardstock iron on vinyl and more. I painted mine blue for this project. Alternate using cardstock and decorative paper matting for a beautiful decorative effect. Lightgrip blue ideal for use with common office paper light cardstock vellum and and more.

Mats are color coded so you can see at a glance which mats to use for your materials. In the final installment of our five part series we will dive into the different ways you can use card stock in graphic design marketing and paper crafting. Use less glue on decorative papers so that they do not warp. Glitter mats would do just the trick.

The base and background of the card are made using a paper cutter and bone folder. Recycle the gift wrapping paper. Use the same process to create mats with decorative paper. Cover the mats with wrapping paper.

For projects larger than 12 by 12 inches the standard size of scrapbooking papers use solid colored roll wrapping paper instead of cardstock. The next time you re working on a scrapbook incorporate these five ideas. However you will need to be more careful when working with decorative paper so that it does not rip. I used my cricut maker for this project but you could absolutely use one of the.