How to help my 10 month old improve her potty habits?

We decided to train her to use a grass pad and piddle pads rather than train her to go outside. She also gets a 30-60 minute walk per day depending on the weather. I know this can be done because my stepmother's aunt has a whole herd of poodles and yorkies and chihuahuas and maltese that are 100% with their potty, and my dog was doing great too, till it kind of fell by the wayside when we were caring for my ferret (she later died), and than I suddenly got a slew of modeling jobs and wasn't home much for a couple months. Now she acts like she doesn't know what to do with her potty and its hit or miss with her pad. We're steam cleaning my carpet to get rid of the smells and scrubbing the wood floor and starting from scratch. She's crated when unsupervised and I keep her on a leash in the house and rush her to her pad when she tries to squat. The thing is, she seems to rather go anywhere else, including her beds and crate (although she won't on my bed where she sleeps at night) She's very smart-picks up most tricks in a single short session-but is having issues with this. I got her to pee on it once last night and made an ENORMOUS fuss but can't get her to again. I know it's MY fault, not hers, but how can I help her get back to good habits?