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Almost all of my CS is labeled, but I have a half-sheet that I'd love to find to buy more. It's probably about 80#, if that, has a lovely and obvious linen texture. One side is colored (mine happens to be green) and the other white. It feels very soft.
Any thoughts? If anyone would know, it would be one of you. The last time I posted about mystery CS, someone knew right away. Fingers crossed.
Could it be from SU!? The year that Pear Pazzaz was an In Color, I bought a 12x12 bundle that sounds like what you're describing. I love that linen texture.
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Thanks, Jeanie - I don’t think it would be SU since the only SU CS I have is smooth on both sides and much heavier.
Since it had an obvious linen texture and is white on the other side, I hoped that would narrow it down a lot. (It’s nothing like the Hero Arts CS they sold a while back that was colored/white.)
The paper is soft to the touch, and the texture is gorgeous. I have other linen textured CS but nothing that feels so good! LOL
Thank you Pam and Pepperann. I’ve never purchased a Tonic kit or anything from Amuse - but maybe the paper was at a class, or even purchased at a going-out-of-business sale at a now-closed LSS. But I’m going to check out both companies.
A Muse paper was white on one side, but it was smooth - no texture at all. SU did put out some linen-textured cardstock the year that Gumball Green and Primrose Petals came out, but it's colored all the way through. Other than those two tidbits, I have nothing to offer (sorry). Good luck with the search!
Thanks for helping winnow things down, Sue - what it isn’t is as helpful as what it might be.
And you’re right, SkyNacho - I’ll take/post a photo. I’d like other colors, not just green - I just happen to have the green, and in fact probably wouldn’t use that green much.
And Pepperann, your comment about the Tonic kit made me wonder if it was in a kit. I used to subscribe to a Studio Calico kit, plus had a few others. It wouldn’t have been in one company’s, but maybe the other. I’m going to contact Studio Calico and look at the kit list for one other.
Thanks for helping winnow things down, Sue - what it isn’t is as helpful as what it might be.
And you’re right, SkyNacho - I’ll take/post a photo. I’d like other colors, not just green - I just happen to have the green, and in fact probably wouldn’t use that green much.
And Pepperann, your comment about the Tonic kit made me wonder if it was in a kit. I used to subscribe to a Studio Calico kit, plus had a few others. It wouldn’t have been in one company’s, but maybe the other. I’m going to contact Studio Calico and look at the kit list for one other.
Oh, I just meant that maybe someone will recognize that particular green cardstock by color.
Do you happen to remember what you made with it? That might trigger the source.
Seems to me I remember you have bought from HSN type of thing in the past? Maybe from one of those kits?
I don't work with linen texture but I do seem to remember some company claiming to have "very soft paper"....hmm....Elizabeth crafts maybe? Ok yeah...scroll down and you will see what they call soft finish texture paper that is white on one side. If this is it you are in luck-comes in a lot of colors.
[Does it have a SKU # on it? It's usually on the back or on the front border.
QUOTE=bjeans;21867894]Thanks, Jeanie - I don’t think it would be SU since the only SU CS I have is smooth on both sides and much heavier.
Since it had an obvious linen texture and is white on the other side, I hoped that would narrow it down a lot. (It’s nothing like the Hero Arts CS they sold a while back that was colored/white.)
The paper is soft to the touch, and the texture is gorgeous. I have other linen textured CS but nothing that feels so good! LOL
Almost all of my CS is labeled, but I have a half-sheet that I'd love to find to buy more. It's probably about 80#, if that, has a lovely and obvious linen texture. One side is colored (mine happens to be green) and the other white. It feels very soft.
Any thoughts? If anyone would know, it would be one of you. The last time I posted about mystery CS, someone knew right away. Fingers crossed.
Do you happen to remember what you made with it? That might trigger the source.
Seems to me I remember you have bought from HSN type of thing in the past? Maybe from one of those kits?
I don't work with linen texture but I do seem to remember some company claiming to have "very soft paper"....hmm....Elizabeth crafts maybe? Ok yeah...scroll down and you will see what they call soft finish texture paper that is white on one side. If this is it you are in luck-comes in a lot of colors.
Thanks for the idea - I like Elizabeth Craft and took a class from one of her instructors at a Stamp & SB Expo. I have some Soft Finish white CS. Looking at the colored Soft Finish, it’s 100 pound, much heavier, and hers has a very subtle texture. But I was super hopeful for a moment and that’s a good thing!
I haven’t purchased any paper or kits from HSN that I recall. Not that the memory is infallible, goodness knows.
I’ve been with Stampin Up and the have never had color on one side and white on the other. They did carry Co’ordinations at various times but that is a white Core. Other than that SU card stock is colored the whole way through. The only thing that isn’t is the paper in their paper pumpkin kit’s which is printed on one side and white on the other - That also is precut pieces not sheets of anything
I have no idea where I was looking (Marco's Paper? Neenah?) but they refer to cardstock that is different colors on the two sides as "duplex", and Neenah refers to the linen texture as "Oxford", so those keywords may help in your search...?
Hi! I have a small collection of double-sided lightly linen-textured card stock that are all double color. I have hoarded them as they weren't easy to find. Several rubber stamp/paper craft stores had them. They are printed with 90 lb.archival quality card stock. Side 1 is VIVID shade and Side 2 is RICH shade. Whatever that means. :\
I was just able to find them on using Worldwin Papers/Doublemates and still look to be available! Fingers crossed....
I have a couple of colors of cardstock that I would describe that same way, colored on one side and white on the other with linen texture. The ones I have are navy blue and hunter green. I think they are Cranson that I either bought at a LSS that has since gone out of business or at Dick Blick on clearance. If I ever find any more I will definitely get it.
Sue, thanks for the vocabulary - it will help in my search - which is not over!
Nora, I started to go to Worldwin Papers but a warning message about the site popped up so I stopped. But I did look at Worldwin papers on other sites and will keep looking.
dancingpurplecat, I've never purchased Cricut paper - but you made me think about looking at other papers. I shouldn't put blinders on to other possibilities just because I'm obsessed.
Angie, I keep wondering if I also got this paper from an LSS that went out of business, because they sold single sheets and I did buy some on sale at the end. I'll see what Canson has too.
Paula, I'll definitely check out Marco's - and everyone says such nice things about them, so thanks.
ButterflyEars (love your name!), good guess - and I have Bazzill textured paper in quite a few colors. It's very nice - just more subtle than my mystery piece, is the same color on both sides, and not as soft. (I don't necessarily want more of the green color - just love the paper.)
SkyNacho, right - the textured Bazzill in my stash is the same color on both sides.
I'll ask the owner of my LSS next time I'm there. Meanwhile, I looked at Studio Calico 12x12 paper in my stash from when I used to buy their SB kits even though I didn't scrap, and while it's not duplex (colored/white), it's really pretty and soft. So I asked them if they knew the manufacturer from back then, and am waiting to hear back.
The way this came about: I made a card for a friend to give to someone else. (Cascading Hearts in my gallery.) Normally I would have used a Neenah Classic Crest solar white card base with colored CS on top. But she wanted it reversed - a green colored base with white on top. So I did that but didn't love how smooth it was - it felt a little cold. I would have preferred a softer, slightly textured paper.
While looking I found the mystery paper. Even in white it likely would have been too textured, but I fell in love with it. Here's a photo of the textured side. (The white side just looks like a ton of other smooth whites out there so I didn't take a photo of it.)
WorldWin apparently discontinued Doublemates around 2013-2014, and the WorldWin blog/Facebook page have not been active since around the same time. I clicked the link on the blog page and it took me to The Paper Mill, so I'm guessing that they took over the brand in some fashion...
So Elizabeth Crafts is doing black friday and about 12 colors of the soft paper is on sale on the last page (12).....I was pulling my swatches...and what they call 100lb is what I would call 80...although I am used to 110 and I dont know how much of a difference there is between 100 and 110 because I dont that in same company to compare.
So if you have not figured it out yet...this might be stop gap till you do. Their surface is more kind of...raised tiny dots than linen but it is still nice.
I am going to think about some glitter since I am there.
Thank you. I have her 110 lb soft finish white CS, purchased when I took one of her classes at a Stamp & SB Expo, and it’s very smooth, a beautiful paper. But since it’s only sold in small quantities, if I recall it’s not cost effective. The colors were a bit lighter. I didn’t remember a texture but I was looking for a pronounced and lighter weight linen texture. Since then I've found some Bazzill in my stash - not exactly it, but okay.
Elizabeth Craft glitter is the only one I use, not that I’ve used it in a long time. Glitter/bling aren’t usually my thing. Her glitter is absurdly smooth, an almost velvety feel after burnishing with a finger, which changes the look.
In the class, we applied it through a piece of lace onto a feather die cut that had wide double sided tape on it. After removing the tape so the die cut was sticky, lace was put over the feather and the glitter rubbed through it. A champagne and a brown were used separately so the feather was two-toned. The lace was pulled off and the pattern showed on the leaf. Beautiful and subtle. Elizabeth has videos with project sheets showing glitter application. You made me want to go glitter something, wavejumper.
Familiar with this Cardstock?
