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Hi, I’m Jan from Ohio, USA.

I’m known on Scrapblog as musicjan. I was asked to choose the Friday Five this week. What an honor, and what a challenge. I was tempted to ask Rebecca if we could make it the Friday Six, Friday Seven, or Friday Eight - just for this week! Even if that had been possible, I still would have had to rule out many wonderful scrapblogs. There are many wonderful scrapbloggers in our community. To choose only five was almost impossible! These are definitely not listed in order of preference - I loved them all equally.

The first scrapblog I’ve chosen is math made fun by Sarah H. Can math really be fun??? It’s always been distinctly my least favorite subject, but I have to admit this scrapblog makes it fun! Sarah has cleverly used the effect of stickers, included some of the new editing tools, and used several different fonts and lots of colors. Don’t miss the fun links to the internet that she’s included on pages 3 and 5. Her technique is very clever! I believe this is Sarah’s first scrapblog. Keep up the good work, and thanks for making math fun for me for the first time ever!

My second choice is a scrapblog about art. I admire and enjoy art, especially since it’s a talent I don’t have. cristawel from Oklahoma shares some of her art with us in my artwork.

Her drawings are so whimsical and the colors are beautiful. She has showcased her work nicely with Scrapblog stickers and backgrounds. Art is a hobby, not a profession for her, so I’m even more impressed!

The third choice for today showcases another love of mine - handmade pieces. I’ve always loved to purchase or receive as gifts anything that is handmade. Nospoj from Sydney, Australia, has shared her awesome hand beaded pieces with us in nospoj’s bjp 2007 . There is a beaded treasure for each month in 2007.

To make her scrapblog even more interesting , she has shared a bit of history about each piece. For example, page 1 includes educational information about the Australian Native Green Tree Frog. Page 10 includes captivating little dolls along with the beads. That page features each of the 4 girls in her family (in alphabetical order). Each page is a treasure. It would be difficult for me to choose a favorite beaded piece or a favorite page.

Happylicious is presented by PurePrincess.
It’s her first scrapblog, and what an awesome job she did. I’ve added her to my Friends, hoping to see some more work of this quality! Every time I viewed this scrapblog, I found myself smiling. She’s included videos, music, and fun (!!) pictures of herself and friends. Check it out!

My fifth choice is by EllieD. She has made a scrapblog titled to kill a mockingbird. EllieD has done an awesome, creative job of a book review in this scrapblog. She as used many scrapblog tools: stickers combined in interesting ways, lots of fonts, photo cropping, and opacity. I like the way she included a page that highlighted some of the characteristics of each character (pages 4, 7, and 9) in a creative way.

I looked at so many scrapblogs, and the choices were overwhelming. If yours isn’t here, it was probably on my list! Rebecca, are you sure I can’t have more than five choices???? Happy scrapping to all - keep up the good work!

Jan

Happy Friday everyone! My name is Stacy (aka stacy lou) and I have the great fortune to be working as a freelance theme designer here at Scrapblog. I relish the opportunity to continually design new content for such a talented and creative bunch of users! Your work is amazing and continues to inspire my designs on a daily basis.

This week I have been chosen to select the Friday Five - and what a tough job it has been! There are so many more than just these five which I’d like to highlight, but it wouldn’t be the Friday Five if there were more than that now would it?! In an effort to narrow down my selections I decided to make my picks in honor of the upcoming Mother’s Day holiday. Therefore all of my selections are either for moms, by moms, or otherwise related to moms. And on that note, I’d just like to say Happy Mother’s Day to my mom, whom I love and miss very much!

So the first on my list of Mother’s Day Scrapblogs is this gorgeous creation by hallie using the sepia tone filter available in the new photo editing tools. Hallie has done a superb job of marrying her theme to the antique-looking photos for a heartfelt and moving Scrapblog.

The second Scrapblog I have chosen is a baby book by member pfrigeri about her lovely son Logan. Excellent composition and creative use of a variety of stickers from the builder!

My next selection was created by alannarusnak about her adorable son Zander. Again, nice use of the subdued color scheme to tell this sweet story.

The next Scrapblog I have chosen is this unique creation, Mommy and Jackface, by thegalwaygirl. I love how your personality shines through on every page! (Page 2 is especially nice!)

And last, but certainly not least, I have chosen True Beauty by Emelia’s Mommy. It is a short but sweet Scrapblog that elegantly captures this mom’s adoration of her beautiful child.

I hope you have enjoyed this Friday’s Five, and remember there’s still time to put together a special Scrapblog dedicated to your mom before Mother’s Day!

Stacy