How to Make Scrapbook Photo Mattes in Minutes
If You Need to Move a Bit Faster in Your Scrapbook Layouts, or Want Something Quick and Easy, or Just Want Simple and Stylish Scrapbook Layouts, Use This Matting Technique
Matting puts a colorful border around each photo, then you just place the matted photos on the background paper, add journaling and you are done - in minutes! Your only decision is what color to make the mattes - which is so easy! Use the color you like, the color that matches the photo, the color that brings out something in the photo, a color that brings out the theme you are working on ....
Here's how to cut cardstock into mattes - the quick and easy way! Basically you are cutting cardstock to fit a 4"x6" photo.
Making Mattes from 8,1/2"x 11" Cardstock
Step 1: Cut an 8.5x11 sheet of cardstock into four equal pieces. This will give you four pieces measuring 5,1/2" x 4,1/4" each.
Step 2: Using photos that measure 4"x6", cut 3/4" from the 6" side of the photo and
your photos now measure 5,1/4" x 4".
Step 3: Now place your photos on the mattes and each photo will have 1/8" border
around it!
Making Mattes from 12" x 12" Cardstock
Step 1: Cut a 12" x 12" piece of cardstock exactly in half. You now have 2 sheets of 6"x12".
Step 2: Cut each 6" x "12 sheet into three equal pieces, each to measure 4" x 6". You now have 6 pieces measuring 4"x6" each.
Step 3: Using 4"x6" photos, cut 1/4" from EACH side of the photo. Your photos will now measure 3, 3/4" x 5, 3/4".
Step 4: Now place your photos on the mattes and each photo will have a 1/8" border around it!
Give it a try and see how fast your scrapbook layouts get moving! These are also great for doing scrapbooks for a single situation or person. For instance, if you are doing a grandparent scrapbook - one matted photo on one page and journaling on the opposite page. Or an "About Me" scrapbook - again, one photo on one page and journaling on the opposite page. This way your color theme is continued throughout the scrapbook.
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- Here are the directions!
- Your only decision is what color to make the mattes.
- you are cutting cardstock to fit a 4"x6" photo.