Welcome to the blog today, friends! With Father’s Day less than two weeks away, we wanted to dedicate the blog to dads this week! You’ll find cards, a gift idea and a layout, all for dad, created by our talented team this week! We hope you have a plan for how you can help make that special dad in your life feel loved, but if you don’t, we’re here to inspire you! Let’s start things off with our Editor-in-Chief, Susan R. Opel!

June is the perfect time of year to celebrate our dads! My dad is a big part of my life these days—he lives about four miles away, and I have the distinct honor of taking him to church each Sunday, as well as to the library, the grocery store, and the doctor.

Next month, my sister and I are taking dad to Michigan to visit with family and old friends. All four of his kids, two daughters-in-law, and two grandkids will be together for the first time, and we are all anticipating the good times ahead.

Clearly, my dad is very important to me, so a handmade card is in order for Father’s Day, of course!

One thing my dad loves more than anything is Detroit Tigers baseball. When we are in Michigan this summer, the whole family will be attending a game at Comerica Park. We can’t WAIT!

This gatefold card pays homage to my family’s love of Tiger baseball. I felt like the Hero Arts Fancy Dies square set made a cool opening and looks like an emblem that would appear on the wall at a baseball stadium. And the Brick Wall stencil furthered the stadium feel as well.

I recently purchased the Spellbinders Be Bold lowercase alphabet and numbers die set, and I just LOVE this font. It worked well to spell out dad in metallic silver.

Here’s to my dad and all the father figures who mean so much to all of us!

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Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to come back tomorrow to see Nathalie DeSousa share a fun gift idea for dad!

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