Baked Gnocchi in Basil Prosciutto Cream Sauce

This is my all time favorite dish right now. I could have this every week. It's such a rich and comforting dish. I found this on Pinterest at The Well Floured Kitchen. I don't make the full recipe, it's too much for my family of 4. I make half the quantity and that is what's written below. Not to mention I add one additional ingredient.

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. cooked gnocchi
• 1 cup Heavy Cream
• 2 Tbsp. Butter
• 3/3 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. White Pepper
• 1/8 cup Basil, Chopped
• 1/8 Lb. Prosciutto, Chopped
• 1/4 cup Pecorino Romano cheese
• Panko Bread Crumbs 

Instructions

• Warm cream and butter over medium low heat until butter is melted. Remove from heat and stir in salt, pepper, basil and 1/8 cup cheese.
• Lightly butter a 8x8 baking dish. Add gnocchi and prosciutto to the dish. Pour cream sauce over. Top with remaining 1/8 cup cheese. Lightly sprinkle Panko bread crumbs over the top.
• Bake 375° for about 25 minutes or until lightly browned on top. Once cooking is done, turn on the broiler and brown the top until lightly golden. Let sit for 5-10 minutes to set.

My mouth is watering just thinking about this dish. Guess it's time to make it!

Simon Says Stamp Card Kit - March 2015

I know, I know - it's been way too long! LIFE! I'm not going to give any other excuse but that, most of you will understand. My card making has still been going on, but it's more out of necessity rather than enjoyment. If I've had to make a card for someones birthday I don't try very hard to make an original, I find a designer's card layout and pretty much copy it. So I surely can't post cards like that. That would be a BIG NO-NO!

So I got my Simon Says Stamp March Kit and tried very hard not to look too much at other people designs and came up with something of my own. I bought the die-cuts that go along with the stamp set from this kit, knowing I wanted to make some cards with these lovely flowers.

All supplies are from the kit. I used SSS Sunshine, SSS Black and Hero Arts Wet Cement for the inks.

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Hello and Thankful for You

I recently purchased some of the new Simon Says Stamp stamps and dies called Scribble Flowers. I knew I wanted to do some sort of inlaid die cutting. This is the very first time ever trying it. I definitely had to think about what I was doing. It didn't turn out as nice as I had hoped and I was really being impatient and didn't take some of the tack off my washi tape so when I would remove it, it was taking some of the paper with it. Frustrating!! Lesson learned.

 

So once I was done die cutting all my circle shapes I was left with these strips of paper with all these random circles. They were laying on my desk piled on top of each other and when I looked at them I thought, "something can be made from this, it's kinda cool!" You can't tell from my picture, but there is glossy accents on the green paper and wink of stella on the dark pink.

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Sending Lots of Love - Simon Says Stamp July Card Kit

Just love the SSS card kit for July. At the same time I saw the sneak peak for the kit I had placed an order from sequins and acetate sheets. Everything came about the same time, so I decided it was a perfect opportunity to make my first shaker card and pair it with the kit.

 

Not all the sequins move  around very much, I guess I need to double up the foam tape next time. But, I was pretty pleased by my first try.

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Cheers! - Simon Says Stamp Inks

I just recently purchased "almost" all the Simon Says Stamp inks. 

So that is what I focused on when creating this card.

Here's another anniversary card. I used the stamp set Scribble Flowers by Simon Says Stamp as well as Elegant Sentiments by Sweet Stamp Shop.

Supplies Used:

Neenah 80# Solar White Cardstock

Scribble Flowers stamp

Elegant Sentiments stamp

SSS - Black, Green Apple, Sea Glass & Surf Blue Ink

MME - Charmed Enamel Dots

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Happy Birthday to You

This is a card a made a while ago, but then life happened. It's that time of year when there are many birthdays and anniversaries but then at the same time school is coming to an end. This year in particular was busy because my oldest daughter finished 5th grade. There more school functions to attend and end of the school get togethers to be part of. Not to mention her final drama performance and soccer games. The list goes on! Now that school is out and the girls are away on holiday I have some time to work on my card making and blog.

 

This was a pretty simple card with lots of die cutting. I recently purchased a few items so I'm taking them for a test drive. 

Supplies:

SSS - Big You die

SSS - Hourglass die

Glossy Accents

Hero Arts - Wet Cement

MME - Breeze (from Michaels)

SSS - 100# Black Card Stock

Thanks Teacher!

Every year I make thank you cards for the girl's teachers. This year my oldest daughter wanted to be involved and make her own card for her teacher. YES! She's got the crafty bug too! She went looking on line and found something that inspired her and below is what she came up with. She loves to read and her teacher was always offering her new books to read, so this was perfect. I just love the little bookworm!

For my younger daughter I created this card. This little teacher guy with big glasses looked just like her teacher, so it was perfect.

 

We had a good time making these cards. I had picked up new 6x6 paper pad by Simple Stories called Smarty Pants and the Paper Smooches, Smarty Pants stamp set. Funny they had the same name! It was meant to be.

Supplies Used:

Neenah 80# Solar White Cardstock

Simple Stores - 6x6 Smarty Pants

Paper Smooches - Smarty Pants stamp set

Lawn Fawn - A Good App stamp set

Colored Pencils

Copic Markers

Hero Arts - Unicorn Pigment Ink

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