Botanical Endpaper Collection: 20 sheets of vintage endpapers for bookbinding and other paper crafting projects (Vintage Papers for Collage and Paper Crafting)

I really liked the designs of the botanical endpaper collection. This edition, thankfully, didn’t come with any added age enhancing stain effects. The paper isn’t 100gsm and it has a slippery like sheen to it but for what I am using it for that isn’t a major flaw. I really didn’t like that I had to use my guillotine and hack off the entire book spine to get the paper out. They aren’t perforated and they don’t tear easily or even semi straightly.

Looks and feels like magazine paper, not the usual decorated scrapbook paper. I was expecting a matte finish but it is quite shiny so it's hard make a project look "older" with paper like this. Also, the designs don't come in its own page, meaning you have a design in the back and front of the page. They do give you 2 pages per design, but if you like both designs you have two choose which one you like more. Additionally most of the designs in the back of the pages look blurry while the front ones look a bit better. I was very excited to get this, the designs are very beautiful, however I can't get over some of the production flaws in this product. I will keep it and use it for a different project but I'm quite disappointed that I won't be able to use it for what I had in mind.

Loved the colors, the double sided sheets and the weight of the paper. The only issue was I didn't notice the measurements of the papers which means I can only use on smaller books.

I'm a novice at making books but these endpapers seemed to fit the look I was going for with my project. Unfortunately they ended up being very disappointing and a bit of a headache. The paper quality is fine if you never intend to use them for anything, but if you are its very light weight, shiny, and snagged on my paper cutter horrifically. They're not perforated so good luck getting then out of the spine. And some of the images are blurry/pixelated like the source image was blown up too large. They're fine for dry runs and testing techniques, but look elsewhere for quality endpapers.

Just so beautiful! Great endpapers! Wish only they were single sided so I could used every one of these designs!

This is the classic "If I could give a zero star I would." I take the blame that I didn't read the reviews. I mean, how bad can a book of printed papers be? Well, now I know. And I did get what I paid for because I usually spend twice this amount on other paper books. But to recap the other not-so-stellar reviews: 1: You don't get two of each. You use two of one paper and you've then lost two because these are double sided. 2: The paper is horrible, which may account for the horrendous printing. 3: Blotches, smudges, wavy printing from dark to light. 4: To my eye, the colors are gruesome and don't even match the colors as they appear on the cover of the book they're in, so you can't blame my computer for the lack of color matching.I live in a town that weaves and prints fabric, so naturally there are outlets galore where you can buy end-of-roll fabrics that indicate the same problems as this paper book. Either these are defective "end-of-roll" papers or they are printed purposefully to appear defective, or antique-like. I doubt it's the latter, but either way they are, in my opinion, not worth the money, even at $10.On the other hand I hope the "junk journaller," of which I am one, will improve the printing, find a better scanner and/or figure out a way to bring back the detail of these papers that I imagine are in the originals, (there are programs that can work with the pixels for clarity) or let the prospective buyer know the true quality of these so that we know what we're buying before we buy. And yes, I SHOULD have read the reviews, so I guess it's my fault. I'm not asking for a return because I would then find it inappropriate to write my own scathing review to warn others. I won't take a chance on other books in this series. Lesson learned.

Not the kind of quality I wanted in my end papers

I should have read and believed the reviews regarding the poor quality of this book of papers. Yes, they are poorly printed and often blurry, but they are worse in their ability to be used in crafts.The designs do not hold up for being handled and smear and color rubs off. When one puts a lot of work into a craft project only to have it ruined by horrible looking paper that has lost any semblance of quality, no one should buy it. Please believe me!

Firstly I ordered this paper pack to use as Endpapers for my book binding.It's not made clear that the individual papers are double sided thus meaning that the patterns are actually only 50% of the total.Secondly the designs are lovely but I will be using them in Journals not book binding.There are better choices of double sided papers available at a lower cost.

Unfortunately some pages are crumpled (see pics) and the print quality of the prints is not great. They’re quite fuzzy and pixelated. Shame

Lovely design but too thin to hold in book binding.

Smaller than I imagined - less useful for packing presents which is what I thought I would be using them for. Rather wishy washy patterns for my taste.

I shall use this product for endpapers, as well for front covers for books, giving that old world feeling of age.