I have designed and printed a lot of paper projects, and one of my favorite concepts will always be blind embossing. This is actually white Classic Crest cover printing in a Pantone Pink, and then embossed. These are used as thank-you cards; the back is unprinted so the client may write easily on the back.
A spread that I put together for the Idaho State University Student Newspaper back in 2009. Some of my earliest experience in page layout.