Things I learned in April

This April has been filled with challenges but through is all my faith in God has strengthen and I know my family is there for me. I am truly blessed with a wonderful family and great friends. No matter what God is faith! Being diagnosed with and having surgery for a Macular Hole; I've had lots of quiet time. Learning to be still for someone who's always on the go was not easy. But I was determined and I persevered.

It was during this time I took on and completed the 30 Day Creative Basics Challenge. Each day was a new assignment and challenge...and it was so much fun. I learned some new skills, discovered some new websites(Unsplash, Pexels), a new app (Mixgram - love this one!) and rediscovered others that I hadn't used in a while (Canva, PicMonkey). After completing the daily challenges - here's my cool certificate!

Here are some of the images I created using images from Pexels and Unsplash but my own images as well. Some were text only graphic. Some of these were used to update my Social Media sites and will also be used in the future on this blog. I also learned how to use a feature in Photoshop to place multiple images on one page with or without the file names called "contact sheet" seen here below.

Looking forward to creating more fun graphics and posting them here and on my social media sites!

Have a fun creative day!

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