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hen you are first starting out in stamping or scrapbooking, you’ll find a lot of different kinds of paper out there. Paper is a staple in these crafts and marketers know it! You can find pattern paper, textured paper, thin paper and thick paper. Some paper says it’s archival and other papers say they are acid free. What does all this mean?
Paper is the foundation for all of your creations, so make sure you are using good paper. If you are creating a scrapbook page, use only archivally safe paper. It is generally marked as ARCHIVAL or it will say it is ACID FREE or LIGNIN FREE. Paper that is not achivally safe will not last as long as other papers and will crack or crumble after several years.
I also recommend thick paper over thin paper. For one thing, it looks better and for another, thick paper is easier to manipulate.
If you are stamping, you want paper that is very smooth as any texture will be exaggerated by the ink. The extra smoothness also keeps the ink on the surface of the paper instead of soaking into the paper. Try stamping on cheap card stock and you’ll see that the ink bleeds through the paper and along the individual fibers of the paper.
There are several companies that offer excellent paper for scrapbooking and for stamping. I highly recommends Stampin’ Up! papers and card stock. Not just because I am a SU! demonstrator but because they are just good products. I used the SU! papers for a long time (8 years!!) before I was a demo.
Stampin’ Up! card stocks are made of 80lb cover weight paper and are very high quality. Additionally, Stampin’ Up! card stock coordinates with our markers, ink pads, pastels, ink cartridges, watercolor crayons and Stampin’ Spots. Additionally, it’s acid and lignin free for scrapbooking.
I am a scrapbooker. I’ve been scrapbooking since 1998 when I inherited all of my grandmother’s pictures and photo albums. And I enjoy it. Scrapbooking is our generation’s version of the quilting bee and provides a community of crafters that I am proud to know.
About 8 years ago, I found rubber stamps and found them to be a delightful addition to my scrapbooking. I love to make cards and gifts and I love adding stamp work to my scrapbooks.
This is the first post of an ongoing series that I call Scramping 101 – I hope you’ll enjoy it.
