Citrus Colors and Candy Science

Hi friends! How's life treating you these days? I had the great enjoyment of watching a google hangout of gifted 2nd graders this morning sharing all the things they've been working on this week. These little future nerds of America are hilarious! My boys came up with a "Candy Science" experiment this week to decide whether this was true...

According to a neuropsychologist named Don Katz, even though it seems unbelievable, all Skittles are the same flavor . . . a generic “fruit” taste. ... Skittles are SCENTED too. So when you bite that yellow Skittle, your brain sees the color, smells the smell, and you believe you're eating a lemon flavor.

Of course it involved a blind taste test, and once the bag is open... they have to all be eaten! LOL Apparently, in the boys opinion, they do taste different, but the citrus colors (orange, yellow, green) are difficult to distinguish between, as well as the red and purple colors. Very interesting.

So today's card is inspired by citrus colors.  I had a grand old time blending candied apple, spiced marmalade, and squeezed lemonade distress oxides to make this fun background. The flowers and sentiment are from the In This Together DIGITAL set, and I colored in with Copic markers, then hand trimmed. I added a bunch of enamel dots to accent the floral spray, then finished with black matting.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous weekend! The sun is shining here, so we're hoping to teach the boys croquet in the backyard!

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