Heres the final pages made by Sam Blundell using the Memories and Photos March scrapbox (you can order yours here) and 'The Friday Sketch'
Ditch the themes....
Sam's school sports day pages are a good example of not getting caught up in themed papers and embellishments.
Keep a good selection of generic printed papers in your craft stash in different colours, and you'll not need to worry about having exactly the right theme for the page, or having papers and stickers left over that you won't use