Fancy Full Page Mat or Frame from a Border

There are a lot of wonderful border designs on the Reminisce Accents cartridge.  With Design Studio or the Gypsy you can transform some of these borders into fancy full page mats or frames.

Here is a screen shot of the keypad showing the border element I used for this design.

By carefully aligning the corners of the design I was able to quickly create a frame.

The slightly bolder center lines on the virtual mat are very handy for helping you to create a symmetrical design.  In the screen shot above you can see the preview of the welded frame on a blank page.  By previewing the design on a blank page you will see exactly what will be cut with no confusion between dark and light lines in the design.

In order to create a solid mat with the border edges you need to add a square to the center of the frame.  If you add the square after you have placed all four sides of the frame you will need to "burp" the design by copying, deleting and then pasting back one side of the frame.  This will make the weld work correctly.  If you are not familiar with "burping" you can watch a video I did about welding in a frame that will show you all of the steps.  Here is a LINK to the post with the video.

I sized the square at 7 1/2 inches for the interior of this frame.  You need to be sure that the square is slightly larger than the opening and that it doesn't interfere with the cut out designs in the frame.

I had these sequin flowers on my craft island  (from the Creative Charms "Deal of the Month" for August) and I thought they would look pretty as the centers of the flowers.  I alternated the blue and pink colors around the frame.

I only did one test cut but I added a black square to the center of the mat for this photo so you can see how the frame cut would look.  There are separate pages in the file for the frame or the mat.

The only cartridge needed to cut this file is the Reminisce Accents cartridge (one of the two exclusive Creative Memories cartridges).  You can get more information about these cartridges and read my review at THIS POST.

This is a simple design to create and I encourage you to try making your own file.  You could make it much smaller to use as a card topper or medallion.  If you would like to try my file, you can download it at the link below.


Daisy Eyelet Frame

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