About Me

Leesa Bartu

I have always loved papercrafting but I would stand in the craft stores and get so frustrated because I would find a patterned paper that I liked but could never get the right solid cardstock to match. Then my wonderful sister-in-law introduced me to Close to My Heart. I was so excited that the patterned paper was beautiful and it said right on the paper the color of cardstock that matched it! Plus I was able to find patterns and adorable samples that I could easily recreate. After I started scrapbooking years ago I discovered my first love, making my own greeting cards. I haven't bought a card in years. Let's set up a card making party and using CTMH kits, we can keep your card files updated and keep you from making extra trips to the store for that one card you forgot you needed.

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About Close To My Heart

Close To My Heart is a direct sales company that offers a wide array of papercrafting products, with special emphasis on scrapbooking and stamping. For more than 30 years, founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton has been a leader in the industry, making many significant contributions to these arts, and making Close To My Heart a premier resource for individuals wishing to enhance their artistic talents and pursue a successful business opportunity.

Close To My Heart’s Independent Makers enjoy a generous compensation plan, which rewards them for promoting our innovative and beautiful products to help every crafter celebrate relationships, share memories, and preserve the moments that matter most.

Our Products

Close To My Heart offers a wide range of products for every papercrafting project, with papers, inks, embellishments, and project kits in coordinating colors and designs. Our pioneering clear polymer My Acrylix^® stamps make it easy to get precise, crisp images every time, exactly where and how you want them. Browse the pages of our current catalog for artwork inspiration and then shop our products.