Wow - thank you all for your lovely comments!

Darn - forgotten who asked now about the template (brain seriously lacking in memory these days ) but I bought the plastic template for £1 at the NEC on the every item's a quid stand....... probably one of the best £1 coins I've ever spent I think. Really pleased I got it now. Makes a nice big circle to put on an 8 x 8 card too.

As for having the patience to do the decoupage - this one was actually quite easy to cut out - not too many fiddly bits and no "locked" bits I had to hack out with a knife - I'm rubbish at doing that and it always looks really tatty. Mind, I use photo paper usually which is thicker to cut - should try proper decoupage paper I guess for the ones I need a knife for.

C xx