Brand-spankin' new layout

I sent a copy to Josh, but he's away from his computer and I'm itching for some feedback :) I'm thinking of sending it in to Creating Keepsakes but want to make sure there's nothing I could do to make it better.


(credits: Wild paisley--christina dudley
JennStar_stamped alphas
Nancie Rowe Janitz INKED EDGE (recolored)
font: lauren c brown, downloaded from dafont.com)
Thoughts???

Here are larger versions of each page. I'm specifically wondering if the pictures are muddy or if there's too much contrast...