I used to make my own frames, now I buy the wood frames from Walmart, and Meier for a few bucks each. I use 1/8" Baltic birch and matting (thick posterboard) this gives me enough room for glass, cutting,matt, and frame back.
In the lower right corner below the text box(where you typing) there are to buttons "post" and "more reply options", click more reply options. It will open another window here youyou can type your reply and below that box there is a button to "choose files". select the file from your computer, once you have that and your text typed choose the button "add reply"
Hi Charlie, welcome to the village.
when you find a pattern you would like to save click on it (may have to click it twice to get it to open full size), then right click and choose "save as". This will let you save it to a designated folder on your computer.
When I stack cut I do like Roly, and use hot glue. I clamp the pieces together and hot glue the edges remove clamps once glue has cooled down. then spray glue my pattern on and cut away.