Everything I make looks the same, some pointers? Options

[sweetalacrity]

I've been having a horrible time desgining lately so I thought I'd ask for help, if I posted this in the wrong place sorry

I don't think I've improved at all, graphic wise, since the first layout I submitted here. (It's not up so don't look for it). Everything I make looks the same...I don't know everything just looks so blah. What am I doing wrong? Is there anything I can improve on?

All I really want is to make my graphics more interesting, and a bit neater. They seem very sloppy I think

I have paint shop pro and photoshop but I use paint shop pro more, since i'm more comfortable with it. Here's an example of the last graphic I made, can anyone tell me what's wrong with it?

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[goofipinay]

could you show other examples so we could see more of what you mean by "the same" ?

edit:
from some of the grapics you've submitted, all I can tell is that you like to use the same effects; maybe you could experiment more... maybe with colors, too; it seems like you like kinda the same colors schemes