Blank pages are a challenge - with 6 photos, I turned to the ArtPlay Spinndrift Fotoblendz Frames, blending large photos by customizing the masks, clipping photos to frames, color filling the back frames.
A few choice elements, then lots of work on the background, attempting color, texture and interest.
Photos lightened with Adjustment Layers.
To brighten Threadz, I fill them with white, add a 1 px white stroke and a Drop Shadow (and sometimes an Outer Glow)