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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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 )

22 comments:

  1. I love this image and the sky you created in the background. Gorgeous card!

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  2. I love your sky Glenda it looks so good with the ants! Yes my favourite little guys, what a fantastic card! The glitter on the wings and the little bugs on the bottom finish the card perfectly.

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  3. Beautiful card Glenda...your coloring on this image is PHENOMENAL!

    HUGS!
    Vicki

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  4. Hi Glenda, how cute is this!! Love all the glitter. Great job!
    Hugs, Sarah

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  5. What a nice story of friendship! I think all kids love to pretend :).
    Your card looks sooooo adorable! I love all those little critters! :)

    Thanks for playing along with us over at Lia Stampz and don't forget we have a 50% off storewide until 30th of September!

    Hugs,
    Laura
    Lia Stampz DT

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  6. Glenda,
    This is one of my favorite images and your sky is wonderful! I love your story about your son and his friend :D. Thanks for playing at Lia Stampz this challenge also!
    Hugs,
    Georgia

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  7. Great card Glenda, love your little insects and the distressing around the edges.

    Thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us at Crafting When We Can Challenges. :-) xx

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  8. wow, Glenda this is so cute and I love the sketch layout! Thanks for playing in our Midweek Throwdown challenge at Operation Write Home!

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  9. this is adorable Glenda, and maybe the ant has face make up on, the kids always did. charlene

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  10. What an adorable card Glenda! Thanks for sharing your memory of your son...that is just too sweet!

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  11. Awww....thanks for the memories! Love your card, Glenda!!! Too much fun :)

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  12. Fabulous coloring and such a great design! Awesome card, Glenda. TFS the fun story about your son, I got a good chuckle. Kids are so funny!

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  13. What a stunning card Glenda,superb colouring and design.xxx

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  14. WOW.I adore these ants.Another Stunning card.xx

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  15. Too cute! I love the white embossed background.

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  16. So cute, thanks for joining our first challenge at CWWC. Carol DT x

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  17. Super job Glenda! Love the detail and all the embellies!!

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  18. Beautiful card. Great coloring and I love the little bugs at the bottom of the page. Thanks for joining the Heart Song challenge this week. Hope to see you again next week.
    Debbie HSI DT

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  19. Glenda, I agree that God very well could have made a yellow ant someplace. He is very handsome in yellow! Beautiful card and love the embossing and the flower layered sentiment. tfs
    Patti

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  20. Such a CUTE card!!
    LOVE the little buggies in the corner, just the right touch
    And I really like your coloring
    HUGS
    Lorianna

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  21. Super cute!! Love these li'l bugs and hope to use this digi soon. Love your embossed background too and those li'l bugs in the corner *Ü*

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