Those are the same thing. Just in case that wasn't clear. It was, though, huh? Yeah... it totally was.
In other news: I love flamingos. And I love that they aren't ACTUALLY pink, but they are pink, but they aren't pink. No, for reals. ACTUALLY, they are pink OR Orange-ish. And they are born a light grey color. They eat brine shrimp. LOTS and LOTS of brine shrimp. And blue-green algae that is loaded with beta-carotene. THAT, is what causes the colors. They also eat some mollusks and other crustaceans that contain similar pigments. The pink or the orange tones depend on the specific shrimp and algae types they are eating. AND, because people expect them to be pink, zoos will actually add a color chemical to the flamingo food to maintain that color. It's all in the food, folks. If you change their diet, they wouldn't be pink anymore. You are what you eat!
AND...I even have an ink pad CALLED Flamingo. It's from WPlus9 and it is probably that fabulous pinkish-orange color because it ate a lot of shrimp. And algae. I'm sure of it. I used it for my
Flamingo. Then I stamped his legs and beak in
Simon Slate ink and layered a
WPlu9 tag cut from
Bazzill Vellum over him. A bit of
May Arts Silver string grounds the tag to the card. The accent stripes are from the
Clearly Besotted Diagonal Stripes stamp set. I love those stamps for accenting!
And that sentiment. I love it. I love it a lot. I am different. I like it that way. It works for me. I hope you are different, too.
Wow. You came to see a card and got a science lesson AND a mini motivational speech! Who knew?
Have a Happy, friends!
