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Question for paper-crafters: making a booklet, what weight paper
?
By: Chez Miriam Date: May 13, 2020, 6:47 am
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Hi fellow crafting Brimstoners,
I'm making a Christmas Card List for my mum to replace her old
one. It's a stiff(ish) A4 card cover folded to A5 size with
printed pages inside.
I've done a test print on the printer paper we have at home
[102μm, according to the label] which is flimsy-feeling and
you can see the ink from the other side of the page...
What weight paper would you use, if you were making a little
booklet and wanted a 'quality' rather than 'cheap' feel?
Ordinarily, I would go into Hobbycraft or a stationer's and feel
the paper stock to gauge what I want. Well I can't do that at
the moment, so will need to order some paper (and card for the
cover), but I'm at a loss as to what to order.
I think 120 gsm is ordinary printer paper, which would be too
thin, but I don't know how much I have to go up. [If that makes
sense.] I do know that card can be too thick, because I've made
that mistake before, but don't ask me what weight qualifies as
"too thick" [I made a card, and it wouldn't bend, I had to score
(a fresh piece) before it would fold].
#Post#: 51598--------------------------------------------------
Re: Question for paper-crafters: making a booklet, what weight p
aper?
By: oogyda Date: May 13, 2020, 10:31 am
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When I did my own address book a couple of years ago, I ran into
the same problem so I just did single sided pages.
That doesn't really answer your question, but it's an option if
it doesn't mean you'll end up with too many pages.
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Re: Question for paper-crafters: making a booklet, what weight p
aper?
By: Jayhawk Date: May 13, 2020, 12:42 pm
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I think if you find something labeled "cardstock" it will be
thick enough for you. Bazzill makes a good product.
HTML https://www.scrapbooking-warehouse.com/collections/vendors?q=Bazzill
#Post#: 51703--------------------------------------------------
Re: Question for paper-crafters: making a booklet, what weight p
aper?
By: pierrotlunaire0 Date: May 14, 2020, 6:25 pm
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I would go with Text Weight paper. It can be 60, 70, 80, or 90
pound. There is also 24 pound paper which (confusingly enough)
is the same as 60 pound. The difference is that the 24 lb is
shinier feeling, and the 60 lb feels a little coarser. I would
think either the 24 or the 60 would do it for you
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Re: Question for paper-crafters: making a booklet, what weight p
aper?
By: Chez Miriam Date: May 19, 2020, 3:36 am
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Thank you, all, for the replies.
I can't access the Bazzill website [oh, the joys of EU
web-browsing ::)], but now I know what words to search for, it
will make the whole process so much less frustrating. I'd never
thought of looking for scrapbooking sites. :-[
Oogyda: I made her a double-sided book years ago, and just
printed it off on my little bubblejet printer at home and ran it
through the works copies '2 pages onto 1' setting, and that
worked beautifully; perhaps the paper we got was the cheapest we
could find, so that's why it feels so flimsy. I'm more inclined
to find thicker paper, as I have already made all the names and
addresses line up on separate pages so that I can print 2-sided
- that was enough fun that I do not wish to herd it all back
together again! :D
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Re: Question for paper-crafters: making a booklet, what weight p
aper?
By: Chez Miriam Date: July 29, 2020, 1:30 pm
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I finally went to Hobbycraft, and remembered the paper, and by
feeling lots of packets [very gently with scrupulously clean
hands], found what I was looking for. Turned out that 120gsm
worked for me.
I now can't wait to hand over the book to my mum, as we are
visiting her on Friday.
Thanks for the answers - they really helped, but in the end it
was a need to feel the stock for myself that delayed the
project.
I'm happy; I hope Mum will be happy.
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Re: Question for paper-crafters: making a booklet, what weight p
aper?
By: TootsNYC Date: July 29, 2020, 4:12 pm
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I'm just realizing that I forgot to chime in and say that if you
were worried a paper was too thick to fold, you could score the
fold line with a bone folder (or any other dull-but-pointy
object that was similar to a ballpoint pen but had no ink), and
then it would fold very nicely on the line.
In fact, even with thin stock, scoring the paper is a smart
idea.
I'm glad to hear you were able to find the paper you wanted and
finish the project!
I know what you mean about really needing to feel the paper, or
cloth, or whatever, to know which is the one you want. Words
just don't do it.
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Re: Question for paper-crafters: making a booklet, what weight p
aper?
By: pierrotlunaire0 Date: July 29, 2020, 4:59 pm
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A butter knife also works well, as long as you don't press down
with a serrated edge. I have even used the little plastic ware
knives, like what you get at Panera.
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