Embellishing Mats with Surface Designs
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Decorate mat board using a French matting kit or a specialty mat cutter. Find a knife, pen, ink and ruler to embellish mat board here, too. There is no better way to make your framed, matted piece unique then to embellish the mat. The items listed below will help you embellish with style and ease.
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Mat Cutting & Decoration
Learn to apply a watercolor wash and add traditional marbled papers to mats. Add embossing and ink lines. Plus instructions for how to cut single, double, inlay, offset, V-grooves, ovals and circles.
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Vivian Kistler's French Matting Kit
Item #17806 |
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French matting -- pale washes of color surrounded by ink lines -- is a hallmark of European mat decoration. Learn how to produce elegant mats using traditional French Matting materials and techniques. All the materials you need are in the kit. The kit includes:
- Instruction Video
- Acrylic Ink
- Ruling Pen
- Corked-back Inking Ruler
- Corner Marking Tool
- Tube of Watercolor Paint
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- Sabeline Lettering Brush
- Mechanical Pencil
- Two Rag Matboards
- One Rag Mat
- Instruction Booklet
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Everyday Low Price:
Our Price: $39.00

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Quality Ruling Pen
Item #985 |
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Will rule clean, sharp lines. Includes a line gauge to set the width of your line.
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Everyday Low Price: $39.95
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Dr. Ph. Martin's India Ink
Item #17443 |
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Black Star Matte (matte finish with no light reflection) India Ink is best on matboard, illustration board and canvas. Ideal for creating decorative lines on the face of a mat. Use in combination with ruling pen to enhance mats.
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Everyday Low Price: $5.95
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36" Center Finding Ruler
Item #490 |
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To find the center of any line, just place the ruler on any orientation point so that the same measurement appears to the left and right of the "0". Calibrated in 16ths and 32nds. Great for multiple openings and oblique angle matting.
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Everyday Low Price: $17.99
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X-Acto No. 1 Knife
Item #126 |
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For cutting, piercing, scoring, scraping, slicing, slitting and trimming. Aluminum handle. 5" long, 5/16" diameter. For light to medium work. Includes one blade. Uses #11 blade.
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Everyday Low Price: $2.99
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Logan 3-Step Oval and Circle Mat Cutter
Model #201
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Portable mat cutter works independently of other systems. Cuts beveled ovals and circles from 3" x 4½" up to 20" x 23". Great for multiple opening mats. Produces frame shop quality results and is the choice of many professionals.
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Manufacturer's Suggested Retail: $89.95
Our Price: $59.95
You save: $30.00

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Logan Decorative V-Groove Mat Cutter
Item #703 |
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Unique push-pull style cutters that cut decorative V-Grooves in the surface of the mat. Designed for use with the Simplex Plus Mat Cutter, but can be used with other Logan Mat Cutters with the use of an Adapter. Includes five #1258 blades.
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Manufacturer's Suggested Retail: 99.95
Our Price: $65.00
You save: $35.00
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Compact Mat Cutter V-Groove Adapter
Item #303 |
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Adapts the #703 V-Groove Mat Cutter to operate on the Model #301 Compact Mat Cutter. To allow owners of the Compact Cutter to cut surface V-Grooves.
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Everyday Low Price:
$9.95
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Logan Decorative V-Groove Mat Cutter for the Framers Edge Mat Cutters
Item #705 |
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Unique push-pull style cutters that cut decorative V-Grooves in the surface of the mat. Works with production stops on Logan professional mat cutting systems including Logan 650, 655 and 660.
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Manufacturer's Suggested Retail: 129.95
Our Price: $99.95
You save: $30.00
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