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    Old 02-18-2012, 10:32 AM
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    Originally Posted by newbee3
    I am also using Carol Doaks foundation paper I have tried the regular printer paper it is not as easy to use
    I agree...I just spent hours picking copy paper off a pp project. It was a class at my guild meeting and the instructor provided the pattern printouts....24 different patterns. I love the Carol Doaks paper. I'm new at pp but that copy paper just drove me nuts!
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    Old 02-18-2012, 11:35 AM
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    Remember whatever paper you use to make your copies from the original and not copies from your copies. There is always a smidge of distortion.
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    Old 02-18-2012, 11:44 AM
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    My old eyes like the visibility of vellum. Vellum also comes in pound weights and is not inexpensive. News print paper can be purchased by the ream from Office Max and Staples (look for 10lb weight). I don't know if reams of newsprint can be purchased at FedEx/Kinkos. Have you tried paper supply companies? In the Phoenix area we have PaperPlus. At the store locations you can buy paper by the ream vs the case.
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    Old 02-20-2012, 05:08 AM
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    It is good to know I bought the wrong kind! That explains my problems. I might try using it again after buying the right kind. I found that I like freezer paper for PP. I do the fold-and-stitch-by-the-fold method so that there is no ripping out from under the stitches.
    Originally Posted by AliKat
    I was advised years ago to use 25% rag vellum. I bought a very large amount on sale at Office Depot - online - as we don't have them in Phoenix anymore. It was way cheaper than Carol Doak's PPpaper. It worked just great!

    Regular scrapbooking vellum has to be firmer to stand up to the stamping and folding and all. Too heavy for PP.

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    Old 02-20-2012, 06:27 AM
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    News Print works great I buy it by the ream from Blick
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    Old 02-20-2012, 09:25 AM
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    Freezer paper and "no -tear(s)-paper piecing" method http://classicquilter.typepad.com/cl...r-piecing.html
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