How To Brand A Decorative Moving Painting Mat

I'm getting a huge boot out of this funny linocut of Benedict Cumberbatch every bit Sherlock Holmes. The portrait is an master impress past times Nick Morley; read to a greater extent than nearly Nick's operate here.

If you've seen the TV show, you lot know Sherlock is correct at abode with wallpaper, in addition to thence I decided his motion-picture exhibit mat ought to travel patterned. I used a canvass of Rifle Paper gift twine I got at Poeme, a charming niggling stationery store inward Cincinnati.

Covering a mat with newspaper is simple. You tin cutting a slice of chipboard to size in addition to encompass it, or encompass an existing mat— ane that came with your motion-picture exhibit frame or a evidently ane purchased separately.


You'll need fancy newspaper cutting roughly 1/2" larger than the mat, spray adhesive, in addition to a pair of scissors or arts and crafts knife.


Spray the dorsum of the newspaper with adhesive in addition to middle the mat on it. Cut out the excess newspaper inward the middle of the mat, leaving around 1/2" to twine around the edges.


Make diagonal slits to the within corners in addition to trim back the outer corners at a 45 score angle. Don't trim back correct upward to the border of the mat; travel out plenty extra newspaper to equal the thickness of the mat board in addition to thence no board is exposed when you lot twine the corners.


Bend the tabs around the board, sticking them down.


Put the print, mat, in addition to frame dorsum together in addition to hang.


Sherlock must reside inward the parlor, of course, where he'll scowl at me every twenty-four lx minutes menses in addition to brand me happy.