Matting And Layering Techniques

It is one of the simplest techniques but very effective.

Matting and layering techniques. This is a great quick card making technique as once the papers are cut to size the construction of the card takes mere seconds. The matting and layering technique explained. This was one of the terms that i didn t understand when i started making cards and it may be the same for you so here is matting and layering de mystified. You will also find a written explanation if you prefer to read about matting and layering but that will you show the technique using inking the edges to seperate the layers rather than adding in the plain mat.

The principles of matting and layering are simply to fix papers on top of each other usually from largest to smallest. Accurate measuring is important and a paper trimmer or. I used my snowed in time playing with a new toy. The video will show two ways the technique can be used for matting and layering along with how it can be used with a stamp platform before showing how i made my template.

If you create frames when matting and layering you can make paper go much further. Matting layering is simply the technique of using these different papers cards to place a border around the main topper of your card. I read about it many magazine articles but no body explained what it was or how to acheive it. I hope you are all well and those in the uk weren t too inconvenienced by the beast from the east.

Sara davies from crafter s companion answers a customer s question about matting and layering and demonstrates this using the clevercut.