Mat Your Photos With Cardstock

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Mat your photos with cardstock.

This will keep the picture from rippling under the glass expecially if you live in a humid climate use dark cardstockto keep any printing from the backside showing through the front. Measure from the edge of the paper to the edge of your photo. Slimline photo mat made from cardstock 8 x 10 for an 8x10 photo and 5 x 7 for a 5x7 or 4 x 6 inch photo. Learn how to remove vinyl and cardstock from your cutting mat.

Twine or thin ribbon. 3 place one sheet of card stock on your cutting mat and select the material type you are cutting. Show and tell anyone. Once you mat a photo with cardstock add a borer to the inside and outside edge of the cardstock with twine or ribbon.

I used the heavy card stock setting because the card stock i purchased was on the thick side and that setting worked like a charm. Step 1 choose your photographs. I suggest measuring slightly larger so that when you place your photo in the mat you don t have to line it up absolutely perfectly with the edges of the mat. Mar 6 2018 explore paula dohse s board picture matting on pinterest.

You can use photos of any size and shape in a scrapbook. This adds a fun touch to your photos. 4 cut your design out and repeat steps 1 through 3 for as many diy photo mats as you need to make. The most common sizes are 5 by 7 inches 12 7 by 17 8 cm and 4 by 6 inches 10 2 by 15 2 cm step 2 choose colors of cardstock that match your scrapbook s colors and theme.

This is a quick video on how you can create your own design for a photo mat. If your magazine page is printed on a flimsier stock magazines aint what they used to be spray mount 3m777 is the best to a dark smooth piece of matting or cardstock. Thanks so much for watching and subscribing. Place your frame on a new piece of card stock and tracing the outside of the entire frame except the top.

Use a light color cardstock to mat a photo and then a darker color of cardstock to create an outside border. If your frame will be permanently affixed to the picture you can glue it at this point. Flip your paper over and place your photo in the center. The measurement should be equal on both adjacent sides.

There should be enough space at the top for the width of the photo.