These are both really pretty.  I like that you've incorporated some purples.  I tend to use just blues in my snowflakes and there are a couple designs from my Christmas book that I just keep putting off because I like the rest of the design, but there are a lot of snowflakes and mine are b o r i n g.

I'm going to pull one out in my next round and try to use some purples more and see if I don't like them better.

I also really like the blue-grey(?) color you've used in the second one (behind the silver snowflakes)

They are really pretty.

@Curious In real life those colors are closer to being blues- I've decided there's something funky with my scanner. I was scanning something else today and a fluorescent pink highlighter came through looking like pastel pink :/  I wonder if it's too late to ask Santa for a new scanner for Christmas?

The blue-grey color is a metallic blue from a set of cheap gel pens from Michael's (Reflections/Recollections?) it was $5 for a set of 20 and it shows I used about half the pen on that page.

But in other news- doing the snowflake designs worked because it's snowing outside! Hopefully it will finally stick so the ski hills around here can open and we can have a white Christmas!

Well I think the purpley look is kind of cool, so it gave me an idea even if it's not really those colors in real life  

Another set of gel pens I don't think I have *grumble*

8 hours ago, Curious said:

Well I think the purpley look is kind of cool, so it gave me an idea even if it's not really those colors in real life  

Another set of gel pens I don't think I have *grumble*

I don't know that I'd bother with those- they're cheap and it shows.

Wow this is amazing I wish I had that kind of talent

10 hours ago, Bethella said:

I don't know that I'd bother with those- they're cheap and it shows.

It seems like the cheap stuff is either good or bad.  Not much middle ground.  I have a couple sets of cheap gel pens/markers that are just as nice as the more expensive ones and one of my favorite colored pencil sets was $5.99 at Staples.

Then I have one set of relatively expensive gel pens that are pretty crappy, which is disappointing.  Finding a cheap set that's great is a lot better than discovering the more expensive ones you got aren't that great.