Product Compatibility: Glossy Cardstock

 

Glossy Cardstock:

There  is also Glossy Cardstock. So far in I have mostly told you about  absorbent cardstock. Why? Because in my opinion it has the most options  and gives you the most flexibility in coloring. Is absorbent cardstock  the BEST? No. Each paper type has its own weaknesses and each color  varies differently.

I  want to start talking about another kind of cardstock and all the fun  things you can do with it. This is not to say that it's better or worse  than other cardstocks, rather there are different ways of using it and  you will get very different results than you would on other papers.

Before  we get into techniques, here are some things to keep in mind about  Glossy paper (this is not vellum! I already talked about working on  vellum and it's different).

1. Glossy paper is coated so the ink  has nowhere to go. You can't pile up layers of color and expect them to  smoothly blend like on other paper types.

2. Glossy is coated so colors don't soak through.

3.  It picks up less ink to color evenly. See the example. Less ink means  lighter colors, less ink also means your marker lasts longer without  needing to be refilled.

4.  Test your outline ink well. You might not be able to use a Multiliner  to fix lines, or your stamping inks might need to dry longer. Heat set  it, let it wait for a while before coloring, try lots of different  papers as well. Some papers will work better than others.

5. The colorless blender will not work the same on glossy as it will on other papers. Any blending will be very different.

6. Less is more when it comes to coloring. Ink will pool up and blob or streak very differently than on other papers.

7. Glossy paper is fun to do ink effects on.