I just saw a technique in a book that called for you picking paint that eactly matched your background paper and painting around the subject to cover a busy or distracting backgound. I never would have thought about that, but the results were great!
I finished a two page layout from when we went to Liberty Tree Tavern on our last visit to WDW...I had started it last weekend, and finally finished it. Now to figure out what to do next!