about us

Overview:
Originally founded in the garage of Kerry and Lane Hill in 1990, Lasting Impressions for Paper, Inc. has grown from its pioneering roots in hand embossing templates to become a leading paper crafting company delivering a complete line of more than 1600 card making and scrapbooking products. Headquartered in Woods Cross, Utah, the company has 35 employees with manufacturing operations across the United States and China and a worldwide distribution center in North Salt Lake, Utah. The company's products are distributed throughout the world through a network of retailers, with the majority of the business coming from US markets. Lasting Impressions has amassed a large and loyal client following and has been the recipient of the Creating Keepsakes Readers Choice Award for the past eight years.

History:
Kerry Hill began her foray into the industry by selling her first four embossing designs in a local craft fair. With that, she launched a new segment of the card making industry-hand embossing. Today, Lasting Impressions is the industry leader in embossing. Dedicated to continual market research and product innovation, Lasting Impressions has maintained its number one market share position. From this position of strength, the firm has expanded into full lines of card and scrapbooking papers and paper products and accessories such as scuffers, scratchers, matte-finished brads, buttons and ribbons all available for sale online at www.lastingimpressions.com. In 2000, the company launched its first card making software product with an easy-to-use graphical interface and out-of-the-box simplicity, which has led today to MemoryMixer.

Kerry Hill, Founder
Chief designer at Lasting Impressions and pioneer in the paper crafting industry, Kerry is an active pundit and a sought after speaker whose vision and passion for creating lasting memories drives her company. Kerry began her career managing a multi-million dollar real estate development firm in San Francisco, where she learned the value of teamwork and motivation. In 1990, she left the real estate market and began her foray into paper crafting by selling her first embossing designs at a local craft fair. With that event, Kerry launched a new segment of the card making industry-hand embossing. Today, with Kerry's vision, Lasting Impressions is the industry leader in embossing and has expanded into full lines of cards, scrapbooking papers, software products, and accessories. Kerry studied computer science at Utah State and Brigham Young University. She is an active CEO and mother of 2 children.

Lane Hill
Lane studied business at University of California at Hayward. At age 24, he organized a buyout of a Silicon Valley manufacturing firm, which he continues to own and operate today. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of an international organization of manufacturers. In 2004, Lane joined Lasting Impressions full time to head operations.