About Vera

I hope you are all doing great!! :) It's been a while since my last post... what can I say.. writing is not my thing... :) but I'm doing my best to update the blog as often as I could..

I did this fridge magnet decoration about 2 weeks ago.. pretty simple but gorgeous (that's what I think anyway)... 

I used IOD papers and Prima flowers. As for the frame itself, I used cardboard. Cardboard is my best friend now.. it is so versatile and can be used for many projects.

And this one here, I made it more than a year ago... using some bits and pieces from Prima and my own papers.

 

This was hung near our front door, but now it is sitting on dd's bedside table.

Now to this week's new stuffs:
 

 

And here are some layouts created using those:
 

Alright, I'm off now, but will come back, I promise! :)

Tiramisu recipe and new stuffs in the store :)

Ok, for those of you who requested the tiramisu recipe, here it is, but I don't have it in US measurements.. so you would need to convert this into US one. As for the mascarpone cheese.. when I was in the states, I found it hard to find the cheese in the local supermarkets, I only found it in Publix.

I usually just use a big bowl and put everything in it.. it is much easier that way and taste as great :)

Tiramisu
Ingredients:
200 gr lady fingers or sponge cake
50 gr icing sugar
5 egg yolks
250 gr mascarpone cheese
500 gr thickened cream

Mix together:
2 tbsp instant coffee
hot water to mix with the coffee
about 10 tbsp coffee-liquor (I used Baileys)

Grated dark chocolate or cocoa powder

1. Mix sugar and egg yolks together in a bowl until the egg yolks are thickened
2. Add in the mascarpone cheese and cream
3. Dip the lady fingers / sponge cake into the coffee liquor mixture
4. Arrange the lady fingers/sponge cake (about half) in a big bowl
5. Pour half of the cream and egg mixture into the bowl
6. Repeat step no 4 and 5
7. Sprinkle cocoa powder or grated dark chocolate on it.
8. Keep in the fridge overnight
9. Enjoy! :)

Feel free to ask if you don't get any of the steps..

And for the chocolate cupcakes, I used devil food cake's recipe and baked it in muffin pan. I decorated them using preparend fondant.

I got these new stuffs in the store too:

And these ones only available at Shabby Pickle Designs

I'm excited!!!

I got a new paper collection debuting this winter CHA!! It is called Life in Colors, check out this post at Prima's blog

 

Don't forget to check out the DT's layouts at Prima's blog... they are awesome!!

I hope you all have had a great start for 2009. I know that with the economic crisis and all, life must seem to be tough this year... but I challenge you to have a different perspective.. that despite all the crisis and difficulties, we will have a great year.. a year to grow closer to our family, to be thankful in every little things, to be more generous, to show more compassion to people around us and those who grieve all around the world...

I went to church yesterday and the message was really awesome.. it's about how our perspective should be in this difficult time, how we should know who our God is, what we are in Him and what times we are living in. God is our provider, so that should say a lot in this crisis.

On a lighter note.. I made some cupcakes last week... I have to say that we are not cupcakes fan.. it takes a long time to decorate each one of the cakes, and fondant is just not our thing... but I do love taking pictures of them though :)

And this one, this is the ultimate dessert!! The best one ever and it is so easy to make!! Presenting Tiramisu!!!

Hmmmm.....yummmmm...... :)

I think most of you have known about thedailydigi.com already... but if you haven't, you have to go there and check it out! It's an awesome site started by Janet Phillips... it is great becaus you can go there everyday and find posts that will inspire you and keep you up to date with the happenings in the digi land. I had been requested to be the site's sponsor for this month.. which means you will see me spotlighted there for one day :) and you can grab a mini kit from me and from the other sponsors in one so called grab bag :)

Ok, this has been a long post :) I will leave you with an assignment :)... to think of the things you are grateful for...  and enjoy this gift while you are on it..

Hope you enjoy it.. let me know what you think :)
Ciao for now!!

I know, I know

I have been terribly bad in blogging...  I have my excuses though... it had been crazy few weeks in our household... 2 weeks ago, my dd had to stay in the hospital because she couldn't walk. Turned out, she had what is called irritable hip.. it's a common thing that happens to children after they had viral infection, something like cold on the bones.. She had to stay for some tests... which were horrible to go through for a 3 year old.. Thank God that she could go home after staying 2 nights in the hospital. She is as good as gold now.

Do you love Japanese food? I love homemade chicken katsu, it's the easiest thing to cook and simply delicious served with salad and miso soup.
 

Simply marinate the chicken breast pieces in soya sauce, sugar, garlic and pepper. Leave it for 30 minutes. Then toss the pieces in flour, dip them in beaten egg and cover them with homemade breadcrumbs (process slices of bread until fine). Fry until cooked. Simple, isn't it?

I also have one new pack for this week
 

 

I hope you all had awesome Christmas and will have a great new year!!!!

Ta for now! :) 

How r u today?

I hope you are all doing well in the middle of Christmas shopping! :)

Head over to VLD blog starting Dec 11 for some christmas gifts from VLD and the team! Enjoy a little something for you starting that day to Christmas!

 

Don't miss that one! The links will stay up for 2 days, but after that they'll be gone.. so be ready to grab them quick!

I have also got some new stuffs at VLD:

 

 

 

I also have a new commercial use product... some overlays..
 

There is also a special going on for the month: 
Have a great day everyone!!!

Last day for Black Friday sale!

Hello everyone!

Today is the last day for Black Friday sale, almost everything at 40%, this doesn't happen often! Go get what you want quick! :)

I have also uploaded a small gift that you can get from here

 

Have a great day! :)

I'm back!!!

Finally I have the chance to blog again! :) The trip to America was great, we visited Atlanta, Disney World in Orlando, Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles. My fave was San Diego. The kids were having fun too... that's the most important part :)

Here are some photos:
LAS VEGAS:
 

 

 

 

Stanford Univ, San Jose:

 

 

 

San Francisco:
 

 

Balboa Park, San Diego
 

 

La Jolla, San Diego
 

I've also got some new products in the store:
 

 

 

 

Here's a layout using the christmas kit and christmas magic:
 

Hope you enjoy what you saw! :)

Btw, if you have account at Facebook, you can add me as your friend: Vera Lim

See you again soon!

I will be away...

Hi everyone!! I will be away for a month, from Oct 17-Nov 17.
There will be no products for the whole month, so you got time to catch up with all the goodies that I have released so far :)

I will try to check my emails every 3-4 days, depending on internet availability. So if you sent me email, please allow a week for response time.

Don't forget to check my team blog at www.veralimdesign.com/blog, they will still have the blog challenges running for the whole month and you could win prizes!

Meanwhile, I have released some goodies before I left on Friday:

 

 

See you in a month! :)

Vera

The collection is in the store now!!

Go check these out at VLD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here are some layouts created by my awesome CT:
 

:)

A Walk Down the Lane!!!

That's the name of my new collection!!

Congrats to the winner, Barbara who gave the first correct answer!! :)

I used random.org to get the random 3 numbers to win the $5 GC to VLD:


And the winners are:
Wanda, Lynn Judge and Sheri M

Congrats and thank you everyone for playing, I hope you guys had much fun!
And here are the image and sneak peeks for A Walk Down The Lane:
 

Sneak peek for the first kit:
 

 

And as promised, here is a gift based on the new collection:
 


Hope you enjoy the gift! :)