Ants - A Bugs Life

Aaaah, the season of fun is upon us, or will be shortly, dressing up to be something we are not , or who we fancy we should be! What could be more fun for the youngsters and even some of us older ones:). Actually I enjoyed it as a child, not as  an adult, but I did love  making costumes for my son. He loved dressing up  and could often be found as a Batman in July and a ninja in  January. He has a friend  who lives just a few doors away who  I think was in a costume all year long:) In fact when my son first met him at about age 4 he was dressed as a ninja walking up and down the sidewalk. My son rushed out  to see him, got scared, came back in babbling about the ninja  who had just moved in across the street. He grabbed his little plastic sword and ran out to defend  us all. Came back in a short time later, still hyper and two of our (my husbands) grand kids who were visiting us at the time (a few years older than  our son) could not convince him (much to their chagrin) that the little boy across the street was not  a ninja. 'Yes he is'  my son kept saying.  Any how, the two became  best of friends and remain so to this day  ( in their early twenties now), but they spent many an hour dressed up and in a world of their own. 

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring  the latest challenge at  OWH Stars & Stripes Blog  and the theme is  'A Bugs Life'.  The above card was  created to celebrate the challenge! I used a digital stamp  from Doodle  Pantry's ' Ants Masquerade' stamp set and  the sentiment is a freebie from  Bizzy Becs. I added a flower to the  sentiment, a few bugs in the corner ( Royal E-Z Rub on Transfers)  and a button with some ribbon for the embellishments.
Oh, and forgive my yellow ant, the ant was supposed to be coloured grey and the costume gold/yellow, things got kinda of mixed up there and I noticed it after it was all coloured - so I l just left it that way:).
 Figured somewhere out there in this marvellous world there is a yellow ant..


Challenges entered:
OWL-  DT entry only

Crafty boots: anything goes
Heart Song Inspirations: glitter and/or chalkboard-  did not use chalkboard, just fancied up the wing of the ants with glitter glue
Lia Stampz:challenge 2 - Birthday
Stamps R US : friendship- these three ants are great friends, just look at them dressed up and playing together:)
Crazy Challenge:  CCHBirthday #84
Crafting When We Can: Challenge #1 Do it Your Own Way  or anything goes ( second entry )