Originals: Handcrafted Cards Made Easy

Industry innovator and best-selling author of Cherish: Scrapbook Layouts Made Beautifully Simple Jeanette R. Lynton takes on the art of making your own greeting cards with Originals. Dedicated to preserving the art of handmade, heartfelt personal correspondence, Originals I is an easy-to-follow how-to that features more than two hundred stunning greeting cards, invitations, and announcements, including such occasions and themes as birthday, Valentine's, Easter, graduation, baby, inspirational, sympathy, thank you, and friendship. Veteran paper crafters will delight in the vast amount of creativity, while novices will appreciate the clear-cut patterns and instructions.

Jeanette R. Lynton, founder and CEO of Close To My Heart, one of the largest direct-selling paper crafting and scrapbooking companies in the industry, has frequently spearheaded trends in the burgeoning paper crafting/scrapbooking arena. Jeanette's many contributions have made paper crafts more fun and accessible than ever before, and her creative influence continues to bring a vibrant breath of beauty to the art of preserving memories and honoring relationships. She lives near Salt Lake City.