I used this as wrapping paper for our Christmas gifts and then used a white paint pen over it to give it the "chalkboard look."  I was very happy.  And after wrapping 20+ gifts, I still have TONS left.  I had no problem with boxes of products showing through.  Nor did I have problems with it being too thick.  It is slightly thicker than your regular paper but it's still easy wrapping.  It came in a long tube box, no problems there.