Illustrator CS6 - saving to jpeg (distored)

Hi
I am new to Illustrator. I have designed a new logo using Illustrator CS6 to the best of my knowledge. I now need to create business cards etc for printing but when I save it to jpeg it becomes very distorted after the file is uploaded to the printing site. Even if I cut and paste to another artboard it become distored as well.
If anyone can please help me I am getting desperate to have this finished by today for a client.
Thanks.

Hi thank you for replying ... I used the default settings - added the text then drew the two figures - grouped and exported to a jpeg ... I am a total novice in Illustrator I normally use photoshop but need to make business cards, postcards and will upload the jpeg to vistaprint ...
the colours aren't the same as my original file (above) ... but when I upload to vistaprint it looks distorted ...
If you need more information can you let me know ... thank again

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