Gorgeous Souls and a SMASH page

I apologize for dropping off the Doppler for a couple of weeks there, but I have a not-so-good excuse:

Yes, this is me, and I admit I have a problem! I have been sucked into the black hole otherwise known as Pinterest! It's brutal, I was googling ideas for fabric yoyos, ended up at pinterest, and before I knew it, a week had passed! But the good news is, now that I've got my boards set up, I should only pin the odd thing every few days - the novelty has worn off (I hope!) I've found a billion printable journaling cards, and I've got them all pinned, so if you want to embrace the pinning madness as I have, I've put up a "follow me" button on my side bar - go ahead and click it if you dare, but I claim no responsibility for the hours of your life lost that you'll never get back, haha!

So, onto the layout I finally finished last night, and I'm going to ask for honest opinions here. I used the home made patterned paper from my February Counterfeit Kit, wrapped it with some mesh from an onion bag, and attached it with brads - cool, eh? The words were inspired by art journal pages I've been viewing on, you guessed it, pinterest! I drew them by hand and coloured them with water colour pencils, which I really like. But here's where I need your help. I'm going to show you two versions and you get to vote for the one you like best. Both versions are very busy and I think I may have overdone it! Here's version #1, with less embellishments:

and version #2, with handmade pompoms and yoyos:

Last night I was leaning towards version #1, especially after Jason looked at #2 and his eyes started bleeding, but today I'm not so sure. I just love my little handmade goodies, but I suppose I can always use them on another page - what do you think? Here's the sketch from Creative Scrappers I used but didn't get in on time to enter the challenge:
I've also been continuing work on my Smash books (yes, "books" plural, I now have a red one, and there's a story on that to be told at a later date) so here's a Valentine's page I made to commemorate my parents' relationship and Ailis's birthday. (Incidentally, their 40th anniversary is on the 12th, and I have nothing planned, ack!)

This page was fun, I just mod podged a napkin from Ailis's party to the bottom, glimmer misted the top, and added some gorgeous journaling cards (you can find the link on my pinterest "Smash Book Ideas" board!) an inked newspaper clip, and a photo of my parents with Ailis. Oh, and the glittery chipboard came in a RAK package from my good bloggy friend, Alison. Hope you like, and if you're interested in getting ideas for Smashing, there's a Facebook group called SMASHaholics, but again I warn you, it's a VERY active group, so you might become addicted!