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!!

A busy day

GOsh I have had such a productive day today, but forgot to upload to my blog this morning! Ooooppss! I have been working on a Wedding order for the couple who get married next Saturday, its almost finished and looking fab! Then I have been dealing with the conservatory company who have scheduled it to be built before Christmas so we need to empty the old one this weekend. Then I have also arranged for our lounge carpet to be replaced with wood flooring which will be done in 10 days!! Eeeekkk

Anyhow here is a card my sister asked me to make for her friend you had a baby girl Orla Grace

Simple layout, similar to one I have done before as I didnt have time to mess about!

Sweet ALways papers (retired) and image from the FUn and Fast notes set. Name cut out on cricut, pink striped Grosgrain ribbon


Arty farty angle.

If you are wanting to order any Stampin Up products dont hesitate to get in touch and please dont forget my WISH LIST SERVICE

RIght I am off to get ready for my ballroom and latin lesson. I havent been for 2 weeks so I am really looking forward to it!

Jules x

Special Wedding Card

What a horrible day today outside, didnt want to prise myself out of bed this morning!

I don't have many weddings taking place at this time of year (still got loads of work though as I am busy making invites for next years weddings) but I do have a lovely customer getting married next Saturday. One of their close friends got in touch with me and asked me to make them a card.

I have used the GORGEOUS, omg they are so lush, Bridesmaid Speciality papers in the catalogue, to be honest they are much thicker than a paper, gorgeous.

I have made a tri-fold card and stamped the image and layered the nesties onto the card blank. The cards are tied with the same ribbon thats on their stationery, I might show you a peek of that tomorrow if I remember to photograph it!

I punched out lots of little flowers and added some flat back pearls to finish to look of the card off.

I really hope the customer and Emma and Justin like the card! Look at those fab swirly papers, yummy yummy!

Well I have some fantastic news today! Today I officially made SILVER 3 with Stampin Up. Its a big promotion for me and I am delighted. I must thank my ever fantastic team of girls, Julie's Jems, a BIG HELLO to my latest Jem, Lisa!!! Welcome to the gang Lisa! Also of course I have to thank YOU my lovely and loyal customers, without you I would not be where I am too! So thank you.

Busy day today, finishing Emma and Justins order and then starting the next 1 or 2 or 3 orders!

Jules x

Sneaky Peek from Saturday!

Good morning, I feel almost normal this morning! Think I have beaten the fesky flu now, heres hoping anyway!

Just a short post today, I am going to do a bit of Christmas shopping with my Mum and Nephew Lucas, so just a quick card to show!

This is one of the quick cards we will be doing at my class on Saturday.

Its made with the SParkly and Bright set and uses the Kraft card, which I LOVE, very on trend at the moment, especially love it with the Real Red and Choc Chip!

Well 2 people signed up to my WISH LIST SERVICE last night but there is plenty of room for more, dont forget there is a chance to win a £50 STAMPIN UP HAMPER!!!!! If you would like a WISH LIST please mail me at julie.kettlewell@ntlworld.com

Thats all for now, sorry for the short post!

JUles x

New classes for 2010 and Wish List reminder

OMG its only 39 days until CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!

Please don't forget my CHRISTMAS WISH LIST SERVICE detailed in full in the above post. If you would like a WISH LIST sending please contact me asap and I will sort this out

REMEMBER there is a chance for you to also win £50 worth of SU products if you take advantage of my WISH LIST service.

I have also scheduled in my first 3 classes of 2010 and here is the first one

FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLY

We will be making a gorgeous project designed by one of my fellow Stampin Up demonstrators Jenny Moors. You will make a beautiful box in the BElla Bleu papers together with 4 cards as shown below.

The cost of this class will be £10 and will include all materials and refreshments. The date is Saturday 23rd January 2010.

Thats all for now, thanks so much again for your get well wishes, I feel a bit more human today!

Jules x

Good fun had by all!

It could have been a recipe for disaster!!!!! 8 kids age 6 and 7 in my house all giddy and excited, me not feeling well at all and it was the first time any of them had been to a craft party!

It actually went very well in the circumstances! Evan had a good time and they all got stuck in, even the boys. One of the boys said he didnt like crafting!!! He soon changed his mind when I showed him what we would be making!

Here is the table set up before the chaos began! I bought this table and chairs for when I get my new craft studio built as I will be offering small classes at home.

Of course I got them wound up by telling the boys they would be making this!!! Hello KItty!!!! Pantomine humour always works!!!! So the girls made this!

And the boys did this! It was very tricky as some of the parts are very small, we did lose some of spongebobs socks and bits from time to time but we found all of them so I didnt have to cut anymore out!

Once they had assembled their character I gave them a sheet of A3 card and their names cut out and I asked them to decorate their card. Here is Ben's, he lives a few doors away and whenever he comes round here he always gets the drawing stuff out as he doesnt do it much at home. I knew he would love it and he had such good ideas, look at his Gary the snail, so cute!


Here is Evan concentrating and sticking his stars on.

I have cropped this photo as I dont think its fair to put pictures of other peoples children on my blog but as you can see they are all getting stuck in.

Here is Jake's, he did really well. He is usually a little live wire but he was fab and really enjoyed it, look at his pineapple and the jelly fish!

And of course the girls loved Hello Kitty, Lucy has really gone to town on this one with her decorating!

And here is the birthday boy with his cake!

I was shattered by the end of it and felt so unwell I went to bed by 9.30.

Jules

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