Photographing layouts

I just have to figure out some lighting options for photographing my layouts.. they look so wrong colored lately... either that or find out how to use a 'stitch' procedure with my scanner. When I look at some of the layouts I've uploaded and then at the one in my hand, they sometimes look completely different... anyone got any suggestions? I've tried using natural light but then there is that 'washed out' look...and the flash bounces off the photos if I use that... now I'm stumped!

Now, this one has no photo but you can see the flash bounce in the middle of the tree... also the paper looks bent around the middle even though it was laying flat on the table. The colors are close to the original but it still looks wrong to me. I made this for a challenge on the Sisterhood of Scrap... that's why the circles spell sisters... I am going to take that word off and use this page, with an addition of a title as the first page in the family tree album I am supposed to be making myself get done this year!

By the way, the tree image comes from the Graphics Fairy.. I love that blog!