Before you decide which photo card you like better, let’s determine the similarities and differences between photo mount cards and photo insert cards.
What are Photo Mount Cards?
A photo mount card is a photo greeting card on which you glue or tape a picture to the front of the card. Some photo mount cards have a window frame that goes over the photo, but most have either have a blank cover or an embossed border decoration to highlight your photo or art print.
What are Photo Insert Cards?
A photo insert card—sometimes called a photo frame card—is a 5″ x 7″ photo greeting card that holds a 4″ x 6″ photo or art print. Simply slide the print under the front window frame border, and it stays in place without the use of glue or tape. The benefit of the window border is that it protects the print by holding it firmly in place, and the photo edges don’t wear down.
How to choose between photo frame card styles
| Photo Mount Cards | Photo Insert Cards | |
| Photo Size | Varies | 4″ x 6″ |
| Card Size | Typically 5″ x 7″ or A7 | 5″ x 7″ |
| How to attach the photo | Glue or Tape | Slide the photo in (no glue or tape) |
| How well does the photo stay in place? | Depends on the glue or tape used | Window frame holds the print in place |
| How much of the photo is visible? | If no frame border, all of photo is visible. If there is a frame border, coverage varies. | 3-½” x 5-½” (¼” overlap on all sides under frame to hold print in place) |
| Good for selling as art cards? | Yes | Yes |
| Recycled options | Yes | Yes |
| Can you add an imprint (logo)? | Sometimes | Yes |
That being said… what’s in a name?
Words are interchangeable, and sometimes the terms “Photo Mount Cards” and “Photo Insert Cards” mean the same thing. So although the cards that we make don’t require glue or tape, our insert cards are sometimes referred to as photo mount cards.
So which kind of card do you use for your studio or business?