Think I might give BG idea of digiscrapping a go.
was it you that said you had a friend that is a CM rep? maybe ask them if you can play with their version of storybook creator and see how you go. it's great cos you can have fave papers and not have to buy them again and again! and you can down load freebies from online and create totally different pages. i have a few of the books i've done on my FB if you want to take a look