Springhill White 8.5” x 11” Cardstock Paper, 80lb Vellum Bristol, 175gsm – Premium Medium Weight Cardstock, Vellum Printer Paper with Textured Finish – 016200R, 250 Sheets (1 Ream)

I am an avid colorist. I use colored pencils to color. As a hobbyist, I didn't want to color in some of the books I had purchased because I was still learning so much and wanted to practice. I started to copy my books and after several different types and weights of paper, I ended up preferring this paper to any of the others I had tried. It was superior to the paper in the coloring books 99 percent of the time. I wanted a paper which you could erase where necessary without destroying all the tooth of the paper. While I now try to use only the Faber Castell box that lifts the pigment off the page, I also have a Tombow eraser and an electric one which allows me to erase a fine detail. I also wanted a paper that you could apply many layers of pencil to as a beginner I was always having to add color to get the desired result.Recently I had a book which I did color in as I knew I wasn't crazy about the images and would never want to repeat them. That book had a slicker paper and I did like it both in terms of application of the pencil and the end result. So I purchased two other papers to compare to this one to see what difference the paper actually makes.I purchased a really bright white paper of the same weight as this, the Hammermill Premium Color Copy 80 pound paper as well as the Exact Neehan Bristol Vellum in a 67 pound weight. This review compares the three papers for colored pencil purposes.Keeping in mind that I am a hobbyist, not an artist, I colored the same page from Wild Soul book by Grazio Salvo. I used primarily the Lyra Rembrant polycolor oil pencil, with a few Tombow Irojitens and Prismacolor Verithins which are both wax based. I used the same pencil colors and tried to make everything the same in coloring the three different papers. I was truly surprised at the outcome.In all but two areas this paper was hands down the best paper for colored pencils. The Hammermill was the brightest white. This paper jammed in my printer and the other two did not. Otherwise in all comparisons I would recommend this paper. In the photo showing all three, this paper is first, followed by the 67 pound Neeham Bristol Vellum, with the Hammermill paper shown last. I did identify the papers in the margin as well as drawing lines to show where I used different ways to blend.Although the background had the same number of layers applied in a cross hatch with a single blue pencil, it appeared deeper and darker blue in this paper than in the other two. The Hammermill slick finished paper just didn't accept as many layers of color. (I actually added two more layers with that paper for a total of 8 layers!) There wasn't a huge difference between the 67 pound Bristol vellum and this bristol vellum so if money is a factor the 67 pound is obviously less expensive. As I look at the outcome on this paper I see numerous places where I should go back to adjust the color. With this heavier weight, I can easily do so.In the background I also tried three different blending techniques, Gamisol, Caran d'Ache full blender pencil and a white colored Lyra pencil. The Gamisol (oderless mineral spirits) had the largest area in front of the women's head to the top of page. Because this paper is thicker I didn't have to worry as much about the liquid blender. It blended very well with this method on this paper. With the Hammermill, I ended up with a bunch of pigment on the end of my qtip, so instead of blending I was removing! The bottom corner under the tiger's nose was not blended at all. The area in front of the tiger's nose was blended with a white Lyra pencil. It did lighten the color slightly when blending. The best result was behind the women's head where I used a Caran 'd Ache full color blending pencil. This pencil actually feels like you are putting down wax while blending. The result was to eliminate the pencil lines and get a deep blended blue color, that fully saturated the paper.While there were significant differences between the Bristol Vellum papers and the Hammermill papers, the difference between the two Bristol Vellum papers was fairly minimal. As this paper was my first and the other Bristol Vellum my third coloring of the same image I would expect improvement even in such a short rushed period of time. That was in fact the case, but the improvement had nothing to do with the paper only the person using the paper!Even with the occasional jamming issue I really love this paper. I have copied over 450 pages to copy at this point. (I am on my second ream and about half of it is gone.) As I am making these copies to practice, I do copy on both sides of the paper. All three papers performed well in copying on both sides.I would recommend you try a variety of papers if possible as much of this may be merely personal preference. From my point of view using this paper has only made me more critical of the paper used in most adult coloring books. For 250 sheets the price is very fair. This paper was less expensive than other identical paper made by other manufacturers. Without question this paper will be my first choice when coping images to color with colored pencil. (I would also think this paper would be preferable for wetter mediums, watercolor or marker, as it is thicker and will not bleed through as easily. Because it has more tooth or texture, I would think it would be better in that regard the slicker paper of equal weight.)

Great value, really nice paper, I've been using it a lot for card making. It's not a great weight for bases but it's passable. Good for card fronts, stamping, die cutting, takes markers and light watercolor well if you don't use too much water, nice for pen work, drawing. But as smooth as I like but it prints well on both ink jet and laser. I'll definitely get more as this is less expensive than my beloved super smooth accent opaque paper which they raised the prices on once they realized card makers loved it as an alternative to ridiculously priced Neenah solar white and they all started buying it instead.

This is a good general purpose card stock for a good price. I have reordered this several times over the last few years. It feeds through bothe laser and ink jet printers fine and colors show well.

There is a subtle tooth with a Vellum Bristol paper that help with the lay down of colored pencil layers. I've tried several brands of this type of paper but I like this one best. I'm actually not quite sure why, but the tooth seems better. I also think that most other brands come in a 67# weight and this 80# weight is more substantial. So whether I'm printing coloring pages for adult color pencil users, or children using crayons or markers, this paper handles it all very nicely. The sturdy weight is helpful with young children also as the outcome of their work is not all crumpled as printer weight paper usually ends up.

THEY WORK WELL WITH MY ROLLO MACHINE

I read a lot of reviews before buying. I saw all the positives and the negatives, and thought at 11 dollars I was willing to risk it. At worst, it would become good coloring paper for my children.I wanted to print parts for a print and play game, and was planning on sleeving the cards, or laminating pieces and boards that I printed. Thicker stock would of course be better, but at the same time, for a purpose like this I didn't need really thick card stock as the sleeves and the lamination would make it thicker anyways. Also, part of the purpose of doing a print and play game is to keep the cost of the game low. I bought 90 weight card stock and am quite happy with the purchase.Receipt of paper - When I got it, the packaging was split. However, it was in a plastic bag, so it wasn't going to get dirty. I was at first worried that it had maybe been repackaged, but I realized there was no way for anyone to take paper out or anything, so I decided to use it. 2 pages had slight corner dings, so I used those pages to print cards and it didn't matter. Paper was not dirty at all and was labeled correctly.First impressions - Not exactly thick card stock. But I expected that. However, it is pretty thick and suits my purposes well. It is quite resistant to folding on its own. I held it up to the light and I could see through it slightly. Also, it seemed to be fairly smooth with a nice sheen. I would say it is definitely thicker than a few pieces of paper, as I compared it. Would you want to print business cards with it? No, no you wouldn't.Use - I printed on an HP Inkjet and it held the color well with no smearing. I cut it with a cheap paper cutter, and the cutter did have a little trouble with it, but I don't fault the paper for that. When I put the printed stock in card sleeves, even when I cut it slightly too big for the sleeve, and had to squeeze it in the sleeve, it did not split, when I was worried it would. The only time I was worried when printing was when it needed a lot of ink in a large solid area, because for some reason when it printed green, it seemed slightly wavy (tan was fine, and I printed an entire page of tan with design interspersed, but did not print more than a half page of the sold green because of this).Overall, it worked out really well for the purposes that I had for it, and would definitely use it for more projects (I have already printed more than 30 pages). I only give it 4 stars though because it does seem slightly thin for 90lb card stock, and I wasn't sure about when needing to print a whole page of a color due to my experience using green.

I love this product because it solid enough to make cut out for my card making. It's perfect Thank you very much

Excelente calidad, justo lo que esperaba

Never would I imagine to buy white paper just shipped from the US. But really can't find nice thick affordable paper like these in stores for my projects.

Great paper for coloured pencils. Great tooth.

It is 90 lb paper, not stiff like the 110 lb., but can still work for making cards. Good price.