Do You Mat?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:46 pm
I'm in the #3 camp - starting to work on my ds's grad board and I seem to want to mat every photo with cardstock of course.
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Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:49 pm
I'm an "over" mat-ter and trying to reform. I've been known to have 7 or 8 layers if you count the background, too.
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:50 pm
I used to, then I quit. Now I usually just leave a white border around the photos and mat it a lot of times or not at all 
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:00 pm
I nearly always do. I like the extra support for the photo and I think it also highlights the photo better.
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:18 pm
I do, but I sometimes don't. I don't like doing it at all, I wish it was one of the things the "easy button" could do for me!
I don't like doing it at all, I wish it was one of the things the "easy button" could do for me!Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:25 pm
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't....totally depends on the layout, the picture, the papers in the background, etc. If the paper is busy, sometimes I will mat just to delineate the edges of the photo. If it's minimalistic...it often doesn't need it. Just depends! How is THAT for a non answer?
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:27 pm
It all depends on how I want to display the photo(s). Sometimes I mat them, sometimes I don't.
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:47 pm
Most of the time I do, really depends on the layout and the paper I'm using.
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 10:17 pm
I mat more often than not, but if I think I can get way without doing it I'm all for that! I am lazy!
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 10:19 pm
Most times but lately, I've not so much and wonder if I should've.
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 10:22 pm
Sometimes
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 10:26 pm
I went through a time where I wasn't matting much if at all. But now, I'm putting a lot more "work" into my LO's, and I've been matting more and more.
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 11:53 pm
I'm in the number three camp too! I find that I want to "frame" the photos, and make them pop from the background.
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 6:51 am
I actually mat about 90% of the time. There are times when it just does not work, but I love the way it draws you to the picture!
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 6:55 am
Sometimes I mat. I do not feel obligated to do so. If I feel like it, I do.
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:10 am
Sometimes I mat, and sometimes I don't. Just depends on the pictures and the look I am going for.
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:59 am
I think I am in the middle. Depends on what the pic and the layout is....
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 8:40 am
I am a matter all the way.
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 8:42 am
Since I've been layering so much, I feel the mat is often too much. So more than not, I've not been matting my photos. I used to hate the "not matted" look, but love the layering so it's going by the wayside for me.
Re: Do You Mat?
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:10 am
Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. It all depends on the look I am trying to get.