What type of paper is this? Can you help?

Question

I would like to make wedding invitations similar to this photo - http://www.penonpaper.com/gfx/Images/Elegant-Wedding-Invitation.jpg. I would tie the text sheet in front of the photograph, making is visible from behind.

But I don't know what kind of paper they use to print the text. Is it tracing paper or something different? I need it to be printer friendly, so if there is a specific type of paper they use, which is it?

Answer 1

I couldn't open your link either, but I think it sounds like vellum.

Answer 2

your link didn't work but i think your talking about vellum or tracing paper also called butter paper in some placee

Answer 3

sandpaper or tracing paper

Answer 4

Your link didn't work , but it sounds like you are talking about Velum . You can get it at any craft store in the Scrap booking section ;)))

Answer 5

I agree, the link doesn't work and it does sound like vellum.

Vellum comes in many different colors and some are more transparent than others, so choose wisely. Also, get a few practice sheets and test them out first on your printer. Know that some inks do not dry on vellum (can't remember if it's ink jet, bubble jet, etc...) But I have several printers at work that I can use and one doesn't work but the rest do so be sure to do a test run!

Here is another idea to consider. I wanted the ink to be raised on the vellum so it looked like it came from the custom printer. So, I embossed it.

I had a rubber stamp made with the wording of my invitation. I used the rubber stamp, inked it with a versa mark (basically a clear ink stamp) and put it ont the vellum.

Pour embossing powder over the ink (right away) and shake it off onto an extra piece of paper so you can pour it back into the bottle.

Then heat it up with the heat gun used for embossing and voila, raised wording!

This looked really cool and embossing powder comes in lots of colors! (If you go to the craft/scrapbook store, they can help you with all of this stuff. It's really easy.)

Good luck to you!