When Sharon mentioned that I would be posting a card on Juneteenth and suggested a card using this verse, my mind was filled with memories from when I attended PT school in Galveston!
Celebrating the holiday is a big deal there since Galveston is known as the birthplace of Juneteenth, where the end of slavery in the United States was declared on June 19, 1865. It had taken more than two years for the people of Galveston to finally receive the "news" that the slaves had been freed as a result of Abraham Lincoln's January 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation.
I was living in Galveston in 1980 (attending UTMB School of Allied Health Sciences from 1979-1981) when Texas became the first state to declare Juneteenth a state holiday, so of course, it made a huge impression upon me. Galveston hosts Juneteenth celebrations annually (I love the words of their intro on this year's website). The date became a national holiday in 2021.
So my card for today is not a traditional red, white, and blue patriotic card, but rather a tribute to Juneteenth and Galveston Island's rich history with colors and images representing the ocean, sand, boardwalk and seawall (which was built from October 1902 to July 1904 after the devastating, catastrophic hurricane of 1900).
The date of the original Juneteenth is displayed using dies from Tim Holtz Collector die set. There's a bit of cheesecloth "fisherman's net" and a mother-of-pearl button to carry the island theme throughout.
Supplies:
- Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Liberty Bell
- Craft Consortium Beach Hut 6x6
- Craft Consortium Ink Drops Earth 6x6
- Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz - Collector
- Dritz Cheesecloth - 36" x 3 yards
- Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Silvery Shimmer
- May Arts 1.5" Striped - 30 yard Spool - Light Blue/Ivory
- May Arts Baker's Twine - 110 Yard Spool - Kraft
- mother-of-pearl button from stash
- white acrylic paint for splashing
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