Label Dilemma

Here is my dilemma:
I have been using frosted vellum paper with packing tape for all my labeling needs thus far.  It works very well actually and is professional looking.  I am wanting to get away from this because I have to cut the tape to fit my containers...big pain.  I want to switch to regular labels, but have had a hard time finding the look I want to achieve.  The matte labels have the 'look' of the vellum, but don't have the glossy overlay that I need.  The gloss labels are fine, but I need a vellum background look, and when trying to achieve this by doing a 'white fill' background on my labels, it doesn't work!  Is there any way to achieve this look.  I use Publisher, but maybe a different printing program can achieve this look I want and need for my products.  I am now looking into frosted containers so the clear labels will have a 'background'....anyway, I am just stuck.
Thank you!
Candy