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Mission Statement

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Our Mission:

We show you how to celebrate relationships through discovering your creativity, to preserve and share the moments that matter most.
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About the Company

Close To My Heart is dedicated to being an industry leader and innovator. With a rewarding business opportunity and revolutionary new products, and with founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton at the company’s helm, Close To My Heart has made many significant contributions to the scrapbooking and stamping industry. Jeanette’s leadership, spanning over 25 years in the industry, has made the company a premier resource for individuals who wish to enhance their artistic talents and pursue a successful business career.

New Product Innovations and Milestones from Close To My Heart

  1. 8 1/2" × 11" Background & Texture papers are introduced
  2. Close To My Heart introduces true 12" × 12" albums, cardstocks, Background and Texture papers, and Memory Protectors® to the industry
  3. Jeanette Lynton develops her first scrapbooking how-to program, Reflections® Scrapbook Program
  4. Introduction of coordinating exclusive color palette including cardstock, stamp pads, and markers
  5. Jeanette Lynton develops her first cardmaking how-to program, Originals Card Confidence Program®
  6. Close To My Heart offers innovative papercrafting products and opens direct sales operations in Canada
  7. Introduction of My Reflections® scrapbooking kits which include coordinating Background & Texture papers and cardstocks
  8. Introduction of My Acrylix® stamps
  9. Close To My Heart partners with Operation Kids® and donates a portion of every stamp set sold to the organization
  10. Patented Exclusive Inks® stamp pads are introduced
  11. Cherish™, Jeanette Lynton’s first hardbound how-to book, is published
  12. Jeanette Lynton is awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award
  13. Jeanette named one of 30 Women to Watch by Utah Business Magazine
  14. Close To My Heart inaugurates National Stamping Month (in September)
  15. Imagine™, Jeanette’s scrapbooking how-to book, is published
  16. Reflections ® Scrapbook Program is published in its hardbound form
  17. Originals Card Confidence Program ® is published in its hardbound form
  18. Close To My Heart partners with Operation Smile® and donates a portion of the proceeds from every stamp set sold to the organization
  19. Jeanette Lynton awarded Utah Valley University's 4th Annual Kirk Englehardt Excellence in Business award
  20. Wishes Card Confidence Program ®, an addition to Jeanette’s line of cardmaking how-to books, is published
  21. Close To My Heart inaugurates National Papercrafting Month (in January)
  22. Close To My Heart introduces Studio J® online design software
  23. Magic™, Jeanette’s scrapbooking how-to book featuring interactive design elements is published
  24. Close To My Heart offers innovative papercrafting products to Australia