Just had to share...

I created this layout last weekend and I just wasn't happy with it after everything was all glued and pasted.  I would look at it and things just blended into the busy background.  It was so sad with all the little fun things I had made specifically for the layout so I decided to tear it apart and start half way.

You can see where I began from and then added the black background paper so you can see all the cogs and title much better than in the first.  I have to say it looks much better.  I really hated to take it apart, but sometimes you just have to to get a better outcome.