First, I reproduced my recent swap paintings using your watercolor paper so I can have a direct comparison with the Fabriano Artistico 140 lb HP. Both paintings utilized very wet techniques and multiple wet glazing in subsequent layers. I took pictures of the direct comparison laying side by side.

In doing this comparison, I found your paper to stamp VERY well. The images are clear and crisp and the ink is very dark, unexpectedly dark. You can see this in the direct comparison between the 2 papers. Also, your paper holds color very well. It seems to me that the color dries true or almost true. This is not so with the HP paper so I have to apply more intense color to compensate for the color fade when dry. So with your paper, one has to think a little differently than using normal watercolor paper. I was able to lift color very well with just a wet brush and blotting with absorbent paper after the color was dried. I did not scrub so do not know how your paper would handle that kind of abuse.

To be fair, I know most stampers do not do such wet watercolor paintings so I tested your paper with more traditional stampers techniques. I've attached a photo of the resulting test paper. First, I sprayed your watercolor paper with colored walnut ink stains by Tsukineko. Wow, your paper held very vivid color, the best I've seen with these stains. I always thought those colors were very muted but your paper proved me wrong! The paper curled but did not buckle.

Then I tried wet embossing your paper. I've tried to wet emboss (the powder kind) Canson watercolor paper in the past and have had awful results. So I stamped your colored paper with a fairly solid image (Fred Mullett's sponge stamp) with Versamark and clear embossed. The paper embosses VERY well.

Then I sprayed another layer of color mist over the embossed background, Memory Mist Diet Cola. Again the paper curled but no buckling. The color was a bit intense so I used a moist paper towel to lift dried color in spots and to wipe off ink from the embossed parts to reveal the color underneath.

I thought the paper was too dark so I sprayed the paper again with Radiant Rain Starglazer and wiped off the embossed areas. Again, the paper curled but no buckling. I've attached a photo of the resulting paper.

Since I had to make a card for a guy friend, I used the resulting experimental watercolor paper along with your wonderful felt paper for his card. Thank you again for the great felt paper. I've attached 2 pictures of the card to show you.

To conclude, I think your watercolor paper works fantasticly and should be included in every rubber stampers' stock of paper for watercolor techniques.  The paper stamps and embosses very well resulting in crisp and dark images. The paper also holds color very well so techniques involving color mists will give very vibrant papers. If one makes a mistake, color can be easily lifted out with a moist brush or paper towel -- which is also good for distressing color. :-) I do not recommend the paper for large watercolor projects and wet-on-wet techniques because of the buckling. Also, the prominent crepe-like texture may not produce a pleasing visual effect for certain applications.

This is a review graciously done by Stella Chang, Thank you Stella!