I love embossing patterned paper it give it a whole new look and of course texture. I distressed all the edges of my papers using scissors

Cut one Sophia Fences dies in patterned paper

I embossed all the striped strips of patterned paper and lightly sanded them to give a shabby distressed look.

I cut one Victorian Rectangle nesting die and cut it in half to use as a tab on my journaling tag and also as a date card.  I also die cut one Sophia Trudon decorative dies but only used a small section to add some interest to my journaling tag