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[RitaS]

Both. There was a time when I was a cardstock background scrap...and just loved cutting up the PP to layer on top. But with patterned papers coming out with tone on tone patterns, GRIDS (LOVE these!) - more and more I am using PP for backgrounds, but probably 1/3 of my work. Even with a PP background I often feel the need to ground it with a solid dark cardstock mat - in which case I cut out all but the outer 1" border on a sheet of CS and plop the PP over the big hole. (LOL)

[anazelia]

I am both. If I use pp then I typically use cardstock on top of it. I don't think I save any money, LOL.

[SarahA]

I'm pretty much cardstock unless it's a very subtle pattern.

[Queen Mum]

I do both

[Soldiergirl]

I think I am a little bit of both. More so a patterned background person ..

[Grandma Flowers]

I tend to use cardstock usually.

[pawprints]

I always use cardstock as my base. Then I add my pp from there. If it's a subtle background paper I may use the whole sheet or a large piece of it, but if it is a busy pattern I'll cut strips or large sections of it or cut it in a wave shape.

[PezKat]

That's a hard question for those of us who use scrapbook pages! In one sense the question becomes, do you 'wallpaper' (cover the entire page w/paper) or not? In which case I do both. But then there are also different colors of CM scrapbook pages, and my favorite (spargo) has a bit of a texture pattern to it, so it's not plain. I don't mind using white pages occasionally and it doesn't matter what color the base is if it's wallpapered.

So, if it is 'wallpapered,' I guess the question is whether the background piece is a plain color (would equate to "cardstock" I suppose though often it is thin paper) or patterned. In that case I do both as well!

[milmomma]

Heck I don't have any clue! I'd have to go look in my gallery. I just do what looks right

[JeanG]

Basically pp for me.

[gine]

I use pp for background almost always, if I use cardstock I use stamps on it

[Charleneanne]

definitely pp. cardstock leaves too much "white" space for me no matter what the color

[melanieh]

I scrap both ways, depends on the paper. I perfer solid paper for the background or papers that aren't too "busy."

[bellaconsmom]

Good question. I think it's 50-50, for me. I think it depends on the pictures. I usually use cardstock as mats for my pictures and journaling.

[Kimandasmo]

I am 50/50....

[emarie803]

I do both

[Art_Teacher]

I do mostly patterned paper now, but I doubt I save any money, since I almost always mount my photos on cardstock to help separate them from the wilder patterns.