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Wausau Exact Index 110lb cardstock paper is great for most papercrafts. Plus it comes in a variety of colours printing a zaku on pink paper will give you stunning colour richness and it is cheap, you can often find a 150 or 300 sheet pack for $2 or $3.75 respectively.
For really high importance crafts, the type you are planning on putting every ounce of care and attention into, I suggest Hayada 122lb papercraft paper in satin finish. It is a highly compressed paper, so it has the weight of a 122 but the thickness of a 115. This stuff is expensive (about $1 for 10 sheets), but if you print out your files on the highest possible settings and have lots of ink on the ready, it will deliver a fucking perfect print and the weight and give is the best I have ever encountered; stiff, cuts cleanly, holds a fold without crackling along the edge, absorbs ink well without bleeds, watershapes well, burns very slowly in comparison to other papers, dents from an embosser really sharply, and is sandable without fuzzing. And for those lucky enough to find some in Japan, it comes in metallic silver and gold that has the same satin, printable surface (my ten pack of A4 silver cost $5 about).
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