Paper for cards

I use the Neenah 110 for the base, but I also use the rustic white and kraft from Papertrey Ink. What I use on layers shifts, as I use a lot of 6x6 pattern paper pads too!!

Y'all, don't laugh at me...but I just buy whatever "cardstock" I happen to be standing in front of when I need paper. It might be the grocery store, Office Depot or CVS.

I don't do traditional card making with paper embellishments, I tend to sew fabric on the paper so my criteria tends to be "white" and "card stock weight." Beyond that, I am not sure that I really need to be too terribly concerned based on my needs. There have been a few things that I have made that I have sewn on handmade paper and then affixed that on to a card, but again "white" and "card stock weight" were sufficient.


Am I going to get kicked out of the club now?

As PTI and other similar card isn't easily available here in the UK, I buy card blanks and use my PTI and Bazzill Cardshoppe cardstock stash frugaly! I'd love to be able to make my own card bases from various pretty colours (I might just need to do that with my decade-long collection of 12x12 Bazzill sheets), but the only way I could get the cardstock I want from PTI and others would be to have it delivered while on holiday in the US and that's not going to be happening any time soon. It's just so expensive to ship.... I did stock up on my core colours in 2012 last time I was over in Florida and thankfully Cardshoppe is sold by a few stores online in the UK, it just works out cheaper to buy good quality card blanks with envelopes and use top-end cardstock for die-cutting and stamping smaller elements.

I use a variety, but I often just use the smooth Georgia Pacific white cardstock from WalMart. Sometimes I will use Bazzill in various colors. Occasionally I use a darker color and then mat my stamped sentiment for the inside. A lot of times I use leftover cardstock and patterned papers from a layout.

I only bought a pack of the Neenah recently for stamping on. I hid it because my family often uses white cardstock for other things, and I didn't want the Neenah get used up fast the way the WalMart stuff does.

I usually only make cards out of scraps from a finished layout. So, I use whatever I have on hand at that moment.

I buy Georgia Pacific white from Walmart and use it as bases. You can also stamp on it, but I've not had good luck with copics or watercolors. I use a lot of SU! colored cardstock. I still have a stash from when I demo'd 11 years ago.

Like some others, I buy whatever I can find. I actually have some great cover stock I found at a Habitat for Humanity restore... I am loving it for my more elegant cards. And it was only three dollars for a pack of 500 sheets! I just wish I had bought more!

A quick question for those of you who prefer Bazzill Card Shoppe: how is it better than other Bazzill paper? I like the quality and weight of their Orange Peel and Weave papers, so I'm curious about the Card Shoppe line.

Not to go off on a tangent, but I'm wondering if someone could offer some advice. . . I have an issue/problem with the weave texture and card making, which sucks because I like the look and texture of it. Even when I score the paper first, every time I fold the weave cardstock, the edge where the fold is just looks so ugly! Is it because of the texture? Or am I doing something wrong?


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No you won't get kicked out of the club, but I'd love to see an example of your fabric sewn onto paper!

 I often pull from my big, neglected stash of 12x12 colored cardstock when I want a colored base. Most of it is the Bazzill grasscloth texture or orange peel. I haven't had a problem with the edge but I always use a good bone folder to press down the fold after scoring on a scoring board. I think the only times it hasn't worked out was when I used the flimsy tool included with my MS scoring board to press down the fold or when I used hobby lobby textured cardstock. I just made one this week from bazzill bling and did have very minimal cracking in the bling finish on the fold. I was still able to go ahead and use it but I won't be using that style of cardstock again for a base.

Most of my bases are white or cream and I use the hobby lobby paper studio "heavyweight" cardstock, for which I have been unable to find the weight on but it feels like it is either 100 or 110. Without a coupon, its $8.99 for 50 sheets and I have been stocking up when it goes on sale for 50% off. The only issue I have had with it is that it is actually 1/8" wider than 8.5", so I always have to trim that off a sheet before I cut it down to fold or I will end up with uneven front/back panels when using a scoring board.
I do like the look of colored bases when they are in lighter shades and I finally feel that I have made a significant dent in my 12x12 stash so I am now on the lookout for colored 8x5x11 smooth cardstock (which I find ironic when I think back to the sizeable amount of it I gave away when I purged several years back and was getting rid of most of my pre-2005 supplies).

I just use whatever it is that they have. Generally, there isn't a whole lot of choice when you go to CVS. 

But if I am at some place like staples where there is more choice, I go with whatever the heaviest weight is.

Ok, the trick is in the scoring and folding.  When you score the paper and then fold it, the intuitive thing to do is fold it with the crease (debossed side) on the INSIDE of the fold but don't do that.  Fold it the other way so that the bump or EMBOSSED side is inside the card.  Then use the flat side of your bone folder to flatten the fold.  Try this and see if it helps.

I use Michaels cardstock and think it works great!