A time for giving ...........

.................... and also for GETTING FREEBIES!!!!!!

Today Stampin Up is launching our 2009 GIft Giving Guide, packed with ideas for crafty presents from stocking fillers to stamp sets.

For every £45 you spend within the GIFT GUIDE, you can claim a free small or large tag punch worth £12.50. The tag punches are on page 88 of the catalogue, items 110113 and 110114.



To take advantage of this offer please mail me at julie.kettlewell@ntlworld.com to place an order. All orders over £45 will be eligible for FREE SHIPPING too!!!!!




In addition to this fabulous offer I am also today launching my



2009 WISH LIST SERVICE



Are you a bit fed up of smellies, chocs and slippers year after year???? Would you like crafty pressies but your family/friends won't set foot in a craft shop???? Well look no more as I have the perfect solution.



If you fill in my WISH LIST form and mail it back to me I will store your details here, you then need to give your family my phone number or e mail address and when they ask you what you want all you have to do is tell them to ring me and I will sort out your gifts for them. Between us we will select some pressies from your list and I will even wrap the items for them!! How easy is that.



NOW ALSO I HAVE A FAB OFFER!!!! FOR EVERYONE WHO TAKES PART IN MY WISH LIST SERVICE YOU WILL RECEIVE A TICKET FOR A FANTASTIC PRIZE DRAW FOR A £50 STAMPIN UP HAMPER. THIS HAMPER WILL CONTAIN CURRENT PRODUCTS FROM THE CURRENT CATALOGUE!!! BUT YOU HAVE TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT!



For a copy of the Wish List form or more info please mail me on julie.kettlewell@ntlworld.com!

PLEASE NOTE ALL WISH LIST ORDERS MUST BE PLACED BY 5th DECEMBER TO ENSURE TIME FOR DELIVERY

Been thinking.................................?

about becoming a Stampin Up demonstrator?????????

Well look no further as now is the time to sign!!

To coincide with Stampin' Up!'s participation in the Hobbycrafts show, they are offering new demonstrators 10% off the cost of the Starter Kit from 22 October-13 November! Wooo hoooo!

That’s over £240 worth of stamping and business supplies for only £125--

10 percent off the regular price of £139.

The Starter Kit contains everything you need to get your business off the ground, you get 4 stamp sets, all of which can be changed for other designs, 5 inkpads, 3 lots of cardstock, Stampin Scrub, Pastels, Wheel and Handle, the list goes on and on.

I have a team of 13 wonderful ladies and I am looking to expand. I have a very special offer on for you if you sign up with me before the end of November.

If you sign up in my team I am offering a FREE STAMP SET worth up to £25 from the catalogue plus some business basics thrown in to help get you started, including this fantastic colour chart!

What do you have to do to sign up???? The cost is £125 (until 13th November, after that £139) which buys you your STARTER KIT containing £240 worth of products, plus my £25 stamp set makes this a fantastic investment.

DO I have to do workshops?? Workshops of course are a fantastic way of showcasing the Stampin Up products and generate income for you but you don't have to do workshops. If you have some crafty friends or family you can simply buy for yourself and for them and receive a product discount

What are the benefits of being in your team? My team is called Julie's Jems as that is what they are all, little Jems. We have a private forum where we can chat and post details of cards, workshops, business ideas etc... We have recently been away on a crafting weekend and had a fantastic time, I am hoping to plan another next year. I promise to support you through your Stampin Up business and I am always at the end of the phone. I am dedicated to being a Stampin Up demonstrator and have this year secured the incentive trip to Monaco, being only 1 of 6 ladies from the UK who have achieved this!

For more information please mail me at julie.kettlewell@ntlworld.com and we can have a little chat!!

Still ill! :(

Apologies if you popped by to see cards, I am still not well, in fact I am getting worse and it couldnt have happened at a worse time (well apart from last week at Convention!). My little boy is 7 tomorrow and I have hardly done anything, the house is a tip what with 3 of us poorly!!

So you are going to have to suffer more photos from convention!!

I have to say a HUGE thank you to Jo Bee a fellow SU demo for taking most of these photos! I must say I kept finding it a bit annoying that she forever had her camera in our faces buy MY WORD I am so glad you did Jo, or I wouldnt have had such fantastic momentos of a brillint evening! I think Jo's photos really sum up the evening for me although the whole thing was a bit of a blur to me!

Here I am getting my prize for 3rd in Sales, just look at Shelli, she was genuinely delighted for each an everyone out there that evening, she is a star!

Here I am hugging Monica who came 2nd in Sales

And here I am hugging Jenny, 1st place in Sales, I spent a little time with Jenny, wish it had been more, she is a lovely lovely lady, very quiet (unlike me) and loves her Stampin Up and the fact it has paid for her to take her lovely boys on many holidays this year! Lovely lady! xxx

All 3 of the top sales

And here we are with our French and German counterparts, I am sorry I dont remember all their names, I remember Moira from France and Jenni from Germany

I am not sure at what point in the evening this was, I think it could have been for my Recruiting, not sure

Here we have the top recruiters, the catergory in which I came first in the UK

And here are the top 3 demos in the UK. From Left Monica Gale (1st), Me (2nd) and Amanda Fowler (3rd)

I love this next photo, its all the UK demos that were at Convention plus Shelli and Paula (our UK manager). Its a bit like Wheres Wally!!!!! Wheres Shelli!!!!

And finally I will leave you with what I think is a lovely picture of me and my lovely Monica taken by the ever lovely Bekka


I hope my photos have given you a flavour of convention and the perks of being a Stampin Up Demonstrator. If you fancy having a go yourself please get in touch by email at julie.kettlewell@ntlworld.com .

Hope I have bored you and droned on too much, off back to my sick bed now!

Jules x

Convention swaps

One of the great things about Convention was meeting the other demos from the UK, France and Germany! I had made 100 card swaps and received some gorgeous swaps back from other demos.

I made 50 of each design and it was interesting to see if one was more popular than the other! The silent night card below seemed be chosen a lot! It is very glittery and I think it is a set that a lot of people dont own so they were happy to have a sample with it!

My other card was made with the Trendy trees set! I cut out some Old Olive designer paper to make a little hill and then stamped 3 little trees on the hill

I used the WOrd Window punch for the sentiment.

SOrry for the short post, both myself, my hubby and Ross are all ill and suffering!

Jules x

Oh my word - Convention 2009

WARNING - VERY LONG POST!

Oh my goodness I have just had the most amazing amazing time at the First European Stampin Up convention in Bad Homburg, Germany! I have so much to share that you need a cuppa and a spare few minutes!

SO on Thursday morning I set off to meet this lovely bunch of ladies at Manchester Airport, from left, Joanne, Monica and my lovely Jeannette. Now I do have to thank each of these ladies for getting me through the flight there! I HATED it and cried like a baby but they looked after me! Thanks girls!

Here is the hotel. I even spoke lots of German this last few days, not spoken it since 1991 so was a challenge but I was very chuffed to speak to the taxi driver in German and also check in too!

Me and my roomie Nicci! OMG we have had such a laugh and late night chats too! Thanks Nicci xx

The first morning (Friday) was spent swapping cards with all the other demonstrators. I received some fab swaps and it was great to mingle with the other demos. Here is my lovely SJ and Nicci

Of course Convention would not have been Convention without the Founder and CEO of Stampin Up, Shelli Gardner! What an amazing lady she is, she took time out to speak to many many demonstrators and never seems to tire of having her photo taken! PLus she always looks amazing!

Me and Shelli, gosh I feel so short!

Now here is a photo of me and the lovely lovely Chris who looks after us on the phone at Demo Support! I have been speaking to Chris on the phone since June 2008 and have never met him so it was very exciting for all of us demos to finally meet him! We also have the lovely Eileen but I don't think Eileen will appreciate me popping it on my blog as she is not looking her lovely best!

During the afternoon sessions there were a number of Prize Patrols and I was really really lucky to win the free stamp set Love you Much!

On the Friday evening we had a Gala Dinner and then the Awards ceremony which we all dressed up for

Me and my lovely upline Monica

Thank you Zoe for taking this photo of me, I think it is my favourite!

NOW FOR THE EXCITING NEWS!!!!

I was so honoured and thrilled to win a number of prizes at the Awards night!

I came 3RD Place from the UK in Sales figures

I came 1ST place in the UK for recruiting

But the most thrilling news was that I came 2ND in DEMONSTRATOR of the YEAR from the UK!!!!! I honestly was so shocked and so so so happy to share the stage with all the other wonderful winners!!!! A big big thank you to all my lovely customers who helped me achieve this and of course to my lovely team Julie's Jems, without whom I could not have done any of this!

Here are all my prizes, I won a Burberry necklace and scarf and loads of stamp sets and I also won £750 for the Demo of the Year comp. I am taking my boys to Disney Paris with the winnings, a trip I would not be making without Stampin Up!

Prizes on our table at dinner

On the stage with all the top sales winners, I am next to Shelli! Can you believe it!

Aswell as the awards another special part of Convention was meeting lovely people and finally meeting people I have only known "online" or on the phone!

Here is my lovely friend down south, Jo! A lovely lovely girl, she makes fab cards and is a treasure!

One girl I would have loved to see there was my friend Michelle Allen whom I chat to a lot! I know that Chris missed her too so we wrote this note and took a photo to send to her!

You cannot read it very well but it says "Hi Michelle, See You Soon, Miss Ya "

Hope to see you next year Michelle!

I am obviously still on a high but its back down to earth and back to business!!!!

If you are interested in joining my very successful team please contact me asap, next year could see you walk the stage just like me! Believe me its a very very special feeling!

Back tomorrow with a project I hope!

Jules

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Greenhouse Garden is back!

Like many other demos, as soon as I saw the new catalogue a card sample jumped out at me made with the Greenhouse Garden set.

It is a very intricate design and was quite hard to do and I have no way got it as nice as the one in the catalogue or as nice as those that other demos have made but here is my effort

The background has been stamped with the En Francaid stamp with the Medallion over the top.

The colours used are Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose.

I moved the sentiment up to the top as I realised the card was a bit bottom heavy.

Well as you are reading this I should be travelling back from Germany and be back home in Yorkshire by mid-afternoon.

Hope to upload photos for you tomorrow

Jules

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Convention Gifts

I have been lucky to be sharing the memories on my first convention with 2 of my wonderful downline Sarah-Jane and Jeannette, although I do wish more of my little Jems could have come, maybe next year??? I have also been spending time with my upline Monica and some of my Stampin Up sisters

I wanted to make a little gift for the girls and thought about what I could make that would be useful and I decided to make a photo/keepsake album for them

The first one is for Sarah-Jane. SJ likes quite bright colours at the moment so I went for the Pink Flamingo papers, I know she likes them as I sent her a text to ask what her favourite papers were. Yes I know, not very discreet was I!!!! The papers are Pink Flamingo .The albums are A5 so there should be room to stick photos and keepsakes.

Now I do know that Jeannette loves Bashful Blue and I am pretty sure she likes it with the browns (well I do so if she doesnt I am nicking it for myself!) I went for the Spiced Cider papers with Bashful Blue and Chocolate Chip accents!

And finally a book for my Monica. Well I decided to go stylish for this one, so went with black and cream using the fabulous Bridegroom speciality papers and the eyelet border punch! I did have a booboo on this and something smudged so I had to obviously cover it with the oddly placed flowers!!!!!!

The wording has been stamped with the Schoolbook Serif Alphabet and Number stamps!

I really hope the girls like their books!

Home time tomorrow so I can tell you all about it!

Jules
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