Octonauts Birthday Cake

 

 

We had promised our daughter she was allowed one big birthday party. Emily's friend Lennon has his birthday only 2 days later we decided to do a large joint party. We got in some great entertainment for the children (all 40 of them) AB Entertainments, Lennon's mum did all the food catering and I made the cake.

A huge 12x12 lemon madeira cake with a cake GUP-A and sugarcraft Kwazii, Captain Barnacles and Pesco.

The GUP-A and the characters were quite fidderly. The "water bubbles" hid mistakes and held pieces in place. The decoration of the lower cake was pretty easy - just lots of flattened icing sausages for the weed and round icing balls for the pebbles and "corals". The end of a paint brush added the holes and details of the corals.

The children - especially the birthday girl and boy - loved the cake. The mum's and dad's were surprised that I had no issues chopping it up.... but the cake was quite yummy too!

 

For the madeira cake I used the recipe from Lindy's Cakes but scaled up using the Pink Whisk calculations.



Some Kits now available on Ebay

Update January 2013 - these kits were only available before Christmas - please watch this space for further sale listings.

 

Having made a lot of stock, I have a few bits and pieces available after my two stalls. So please pop over to ebay and take a look...

Sorry it is UK shoppers only.

Items on offer

Colour Me Notelets

Canvas Collage Kits

Fun with Felt - Christmas Ornaments

and Simple Sewing Kits - Rainbow Heart

Christmas Tree

 Thank you for looking
Stompy x

Another Fun with Felt Kit

Today cold wintery weather has come to Newbury - but looking up a the beautiful blue sky I started thinking of springtime.... and of course crafty kits. So here is the latest edition to my Fun with Felt range - 2 sweet little ladybird brooches - all cut out and ready to sew.
I will take a stock of these to the Christmas Fayre at St Nic's School next friday to see how well they fly (sorry!) from the stall.

They are not just brooches for clothes - they look cute on bags and other accessories too!

Please Note - This kit is not a toy and is not suitable for young children - recommended age 8+ (with adult supervision).

Thanks for looking - Stompy x

Finally...pictures of Stompy's Boredom Buster

At last I have had time to set up and photograph the Stompy's Boredom Buster.

Packed with activities -  but small enough to fit in a handbag, the Boredom Buster is designed to keep minds and hands occupied when out and about.



Each little Boredom Buster contains

Fabric Case

6 colouring pencils

Propelling pencil with rubber

Glue stick

Doodles Booklet

Plain Booklet

Sticker dots

1 pack of Colour Me Mini Characters

1 pack of Stompy's Simple Shapes Singles

 

+ Bonus Christmas Doodles Booklet

 



First Sale....

Thank you to all that visited me at the "Friends of St John the Evangelist School" Christmas Shopping Event. A truely memorable night, howling winds, driving rain and the power cut that happened 10 minutes after the event opened, and lasted for over an hour. So thanks to the headmistress who came round with torches for us. It was lovely to get such positive comments about the products and my stand - but best of all was the sales.
I did make lots of stock, so I will be at the Christmas sale at St Nic's Junior School, Newbury on Friday 7th December at 4:30 to 6:30.



Items on sale were
Boredom Busters
Canvas Collage Kits - 5 designs Gigi Cat, Petal Fairies, Rupert T-Rex, Robot I and Snowman
Colour Me Christmas Gift Tags (pks of 6)
Colour Me Large Characters  - Dinosaurs, Petal Fairies, and Robots (5pk)
Colour Me Mini Characters - Christmas, Dinosaurs, Owls, Petal Fairies and Robots (5pk)
Colour Me Notelet Set with crayon packs - Christmas, Owl and Robots (6 pk with envelopes)
Fun with Felt kits - Penguin, Robins, Snowmen and Multipack
Plaster Magnets - ready to paint
Salt Dough Ornaments - ready to paint
Simple Sewing Kits - Binca Tree and  Rainbow Heart
Simple Shapes Kit - Animals, Birds, Bugs, and Christmas
Simple Shapes Singles - all simple shape designs

(I will add photos of all the items available very soon)

Thanks for looking

Stompy x

Busy setting up Stompy's Craft ...

It has been a really busy few weeks setting up the products for Stompy's Craft Little Blog Shop. I have specialised in creating craft kits for children, from simple colouring shapes (that my 20 month loves to colour in (well scribble on)) to Canvas Collage Kits and Simple Sewing Kits.

More kits will be uploaded soon - along with a price list....



So now is the mad rush to get a stock ready for two Christmas Shopping Fayres.

Thursday 22nd November 7- 9pm  - Friends of St Johns Christmas Shopping Evening at St John the Evangelist School, Newbury.

Friday 7th December 4:30 - 6:30pm - St Nics School, Newbury.

If you live in the Newbury area - come along and support the schools - it would be lovely to see you there.

Regards
Stompy xx

Two new kits.....

I have got two new kits to add to my range.

 

Stompy’s Colour Me Mini Characters

 

See full range

 

5 Paper characters cut out and ready for colouring in. Use pencils, glitters, pens, stickers, stamps to decorate, the finished characters can then be used on other projects - pictures, collage, greeting cards, scrapbooks etc.

Currently I have Colour Me Mini characters in Christmas, Dinosaur, Owls and Robots ranges. The packs of 5 are simply wrapped in cellophane, and are perfect for party bags, stocking fillers, and table settings (at weddings, Christmas dinners etc).

They are also designed to fit into the Stompy’s Boredom Buster - to keep children entertain when out and about.

Character sizes - approximately 8.5cm x 11 cm

All images copyright S. Tompkins 2012

Stompy's Fun with Felt 

 

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These felt kits contain pre cut pieces of felt to make 3 cute Christmas characters to hang up as decorations - or to give as gifts.

A colour instruction booklet shows how to sew them together, and has a guide to some basic stitches.

Beautifully presented in a Stompy’s Craft window box, these kits are an ideal present for children 7+.

Please note - this is not a toy due to small parts. The kit also contains a metal sewing needle.