First one: See how your flow is going left to right, mostly. Well, putting a border of that nature on the sides kills that flow. Maybe put the border on the bottom / top. The text seems a bit bland also. Maybe try using a smaller text, yellow'ish, and nest it right under his arm and by his torso.
Second one: See how your text is overlapping her hair slightly? I'd say to nudge that text down and to the right. Put it right in the concave curve of her hair. And as someone said, take off the outer glow lol. Or at least lower the opacity.