You may have already heard that designer Susan Cobb’s favorite paper-crafting product is slide mounts. Susan loves all shapes and sizes of these versatile little treasures. By altering these acid-free paper embellishments, Susan can make them fit with any theme, color or project she’s working with. This month Susan decorated five different slide mounts to show us just how incredible they are and how to make your slide mounts work for you.

Chalked Green
Susan chalked the white side of this Square Slide Mount Treasure with moss green decorating chalk. This slide mount is perfect for adding to a page or card with green in it. Try framing a piece of Botanical Ephemera, alphabet tile or photo.

Holiday Themed
This holiday-themed slide mount is perfect for a card focal or Christmas layout. Susan covered the slide mount with green plaid paper by first gluing the slide mount to the back of the paper and trimming the paper even with the sides. Susan then used an X-acto® knife to cut an “X” in the center.

She pulled the center papers to the back of the slide mount and glued, then trimmed the excess paper.

For more holiday charm, Susan matted a holiday stamp on a blank embossed gold paper charm and attached it with a gold mini brad.

Letter Frame
As an artsy way to jump start her journaling or frame a meaningful letter, Susan sponged this Circular Slide Mount Treasure with walnut ink, then inked the edges with black. She glued a square of tan vellum behind the opening of the slide mount, then attached a cut out typewriter letter in the center with foam tape.

This decorated slide mount is perfect for a heritage page or one with tan or brown tones. The embellishment can be used as the first letter of a title or to hold an important number significant to the layout.

Alphabet Frame
The perfect way to embellish those school pages. Susan covered a Jumbo Slide Mount with School Words Color Block paper and glued a piece of the red color block with the orange border behind the opening. She cut out the “A”, “B” and “C” from the School Notebook ABC’s Cardstock Stickers and attached them with foam tape as shown. This creates a unique frame and a perfect 3-D embellishment.

Aged Frame
Susan aged this Large Square Slide Mount by first covering it with burlap paper, then inking the edges black. She used a fine-grain sandpaper to weather the paper and the two alphabet tiles, then attached the “T” with a mini brad ad the “J” with foam tape. It’s perfect for a masculine-themed page!

See why Susan loves slide mounts? She adds “these acid-free paper slide mounts add character to my projects without adding bulk, weight or sharp edges.”

Best of all, slide mounts come in a range of sizes. Take a look:

Jumbo Slide Mounts Large Square Slide Mounts Square Slide Mounts

Large Circular Slide Mounts Circular Slide Mounts