I'm in the same boat Eileen. I've tried watercolour paper, it says 'double sided high white smooth cartridge paper' and it stamps great but it isn't really white and against other card it looks off white, nearer cream. At present I'm using a thick white card which looks great, the stamped image looks great but if I add water it looks awful. It takes promarkers and other pens brilliantly though. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else is using.