When it comes to paper crafting, you must always start with a base. Whether you are scrapbooking or cardmaking, you most always use cardstock as that base. I have come to love Prism’s cardstock. This cardstock has a slight texture to one side, giving your projects that extra dimension, while smooth on the other side.This photo shows the texture of the papers as well as the three shades available in a Prismatic Pack .
This cardstock is heavy weight, not at all flimsy. It is acid and lignin free making it perfect for your papercraft projects. The various colors of cardstock are sold in both 12x12 and 8.5x11. As usual, this cardstock is available individually. It can also be purchased in multi-packs, which are three shades of each color. This makes working on your projects much easier. Prismatics Accent packs are also available. Those are 6x12 paper packs of coordinating cardstock colors for each multi-pack. Once again taking the guess work out of it for you.
Another feature I found on their blog is the company is working hard to create similar color combinations for various designer paper companies. Thus making it easier to coordinate your cardstock with your favorite designer papers.
I have used this cardstock for many of my scrapbook pages. It’s a very sturdy base to start with and the accent packs help by taking the guess work out of the color combinations.
I used it as the base on this layout of my daughter. The rich chocolate brown is one of my favorite packs, and it coordinates well with other companies papers.
Supplies: Prism Cardstock – Suede Brown Dark; Piggy Tales designer papers – Cinderella; Piggy Tales ribbon; Piggy Tales rub ons; American Crafts thickers; various flowers and chipboard.
Pros
- Heavy duty cardstock, works well on all projects.
- Many varieties of colors and color schemes.
- Texture of paper takes well to the various adhesives.
- As far as cardstock, I am not aware of any problems nor was I unhappy with anything about this paper. I would however love to hear your comments about this.
Cornish Heritage Farms
Single 12x12 sheets retail at 50 cents each; 8.5x11 sheets retail at 35 cents each
12x12 Prismatic Pack, containing 12 papers in 3 shades retail for about $6.50 each
In the end I would rate this paper at a 10. The quality is great as well as the quanity and price. The paper is very user friendly and would make a great addition to your projects. If you are a fan of Prism Cardstock, let us know. We are anxious to hear about your projects using this cardstock.
8 Comments:
Heh heh...the location of the flower on your project cracked me up! Too cute!
while I totally love the Prism colors, I find the prismatics card stock definitely not to be heavy weight but rather on the flimsy side. It is also not very suitable for any sort of water techniques like marker or watercolor etc. I use it mostly for layering, not for stamping or making backgrounds etc.
I bought the flat white paper (no texture) because I wanted to try it as a cheaper substitute for my papertrey paper. the sales lady said she used it with copics, but it was awful! lots of feathering... it's a firm card base, but as etha said, not great for coloring..
I love Prism Cardstock. In fact, rarely ever use anything else. One thing to note about this cardstock is that there are a variety of whites available. While I would not use the White Prismatic cardstock for Copic markers...their Simply Smooth White is absolutely fabulous for stamping on with detailed stamps and for coloring with Copic markers.
I agree with Julia, there are many White Cardstock varieties available with Prism. If you're looking for "cheaper"...well you get what you pay for. The Super Smooth is FANTASTIC for stamping and Copics!
I am 100% sold on Prism cardstock. The texture is rich, but stampable at the same time. That combination is rare with textured cardstocks. The variety of colors is modern and fresh. I use it almost exclusively.
I*love* the lucious colors that Prsim offers. So much so I have every one of thier colors. :)
Mary
Fabulous card! I will hopefully be working on my son album. Love the card!
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