I do like the amount of detail you two have put into these two projects, but it'd be better if the both of you could work on something a bit bigger-- a greater "
culminating" project, one might say? A large project would say a lot about your efforts.
Rejected, but you're on the right track. You have shown some good work so far, and now I think it's time to take that teamwork and craftsmanship that you two have and take it to the next level