X-Press ItBlending Card Paper - 25 Sheets | Premium Ultra Smooth, Bright White, Acid-Free Cardstock for Professional Stamping, Cardmaking, Scrapbooking, and Crafting | (8.5 x 11 Inches)

I bought this paper specifically for making copies of coloring pages for use with my Pentel brand gel pens - their Krazy line, Sparkle line, Matte line, and Hybrid Metallic lines. Normal coloring books are fine, but do have a tendency to bleed through with a few of the gel pens. The surface is quite slick and the pens work well. No ghosting or bleeding. Also, my coloring pencils are buttery smooth over the paper and my fountain pen ink glides over as well and shows true colors as this paper is a nice and clean white not ecru/cream/beige but white so this is a huge plus.Yes, the paper is expensive just for coloring, but I wanted to try new paper. Would I buy this again? Perhaps, IF I cannot find a similar paper that holds ink as well as this does.

I use this exclusively when I am doing art with copic markers. You can really layer the colors and it’s stays very bright without soaking up to much color too fast.

I have been coloring for few years, heard about this paper but never intended to buy it until now and I wished I bought it much earlier than my coloring would’ve been better. The color blended really well and smoother. Just great over all.

Best paper for alcohol markers and blending them. Smooth, thick and doesn't leak through with normal use

Although I still experienced some bleed through with my prismacolor permanent markers, the texture and the blending were very nice!

This cardstock is great when using alcohol markers for coloring.

It was just what I was expecting and relatively quick.

The paper is good, the only issue is that for some reason it keeps getting shipped in a bag and getting bent on the edges which makes it unusable for me. Will be returning for the second time due to the same issue. Sigh