Paper Bakery Sketch Challenge and Life Paper Scrapbook Color Challenge

I haven't had time or motivation to scrap lately, but today I found myself hanging out in my scrap room.  I got a couple things done.  One was the Paper Bakery Sketch Challenge.  It was a fun sketch to play with.  Here's the sketch:

I turned it 90 degrees and went to work on a quick and easy soccer layout.  The color challenge at Life Paper Scrapbook made picking papers quick and easy.  Here's what I came up with.

This is one of my favorite soccer pictures of all time. It captures all the emotion Nicholas felt when he finished his last game for his high school team.   I wanted to create something simple and striking to highlight the photo.  So I only used three patterned papers, but chose bold colors and created lots of dimension by layering pieces and adding embellishments on top and between layouts. This is one of my favorite soccer pictures of all time - it captures all the emotion Nicholas felt when he played his last game for his high school team.

Thanks for looking - hope you had a great Saturday!