Strathmore Mixed Media Vellum, 5 x 6-7/8 Inches, White, 10 Cards & Envelopes

I love using these cards to paint scenes or flowers with watercolors!

I love these cards; they are a great value for the money. The fold in all of my cards was perfect, and is much easier than trying to make cards out of plain watercolor paper. Every once in a while, I run into an area where my watercolors wont absorb, but it could very well be because of the naturals oils on my hands. Will purchase again and again.

. I have painted on more than 200 Strathmore watercolor cards. The cards now are of inferior quality. They do not hold water and they buckle. Paint looks completely flat. I have reached out to Strathmore with no reply. Unfortunately, I don’t have a better card to recommend. I have to cut my own now from better paper. Read some reviews. If the artist used Strathmore cards in the past, they likely note that the quality is different and worseY

Package delivered today. Box the card are in looks like someone treated it like luggage in an overhead compartment on a full flight. Cards are still useable but Amazon has to do better at protecting these things.

It’s fun to draw or paint pictures on the postcards and then send them to friends. This is my friend’s son.

Im so disappointed with Strathmore. Ive bought their cards in the past and pulled out some old work to compare when i noticed how awful this product was. The old product was classic 140 pound cold press texture. This one... well-- just wait until you actually put paint on the paper. It dries into a weird texture that looks like corduroy material (see image. Zoom in). Every single card in my 100 count box has this awful kind of tilted cord texture. It doesnt absorb water, the water just floats until its murky. The pigments wont blend. It reminds me of years ago when I had a case of half sheets that were run over by a truck. Literally tire tread marks appeared in the paint. Thats exactly what this looks like but with tiny little treads everywhere. STRATHMORE: if this box is a one off, replace it and Ill change my review. Otherwise, if this is the new quality of the product DO NOT BUY unless you are doing something really sparse.

I have used these cards for a number of classes over the years and find they are excellent for students to create holiday cards with either acrylics or watercolors. Was disappointed not to be able to find them in white, which is better for watercolor, so took a chance on these. They are listed as ivory, which can mean almost anything. They are indeed a cream color, or ecru. The paper itself is a nice quality, but feels a little lighter than 90 lbs, perhaps 78 or 80. The envelopes are about half that weight. Yes, they are quite a bit thinner, but at least they are exactly the same color and same finish as the cards. The cards are scored so fold easily and the price is excellent. All in all, a good choice.

Its kind-of hard to neatly fold watercolour paper to perfect looking cards, these are great, good quality paper and the envelopes are good quality too.

Love these! Decided after hours of looking for holiday cards I decided to make my own. The quality is great. They were a little more than I wanted to spend on blank cards but I was very pleased with them. The cards were a huge hit with those who received them!

I like the weight. Sturdy for acrylic. No bleeding through.