Here is my play with the ladybug animation.  I used the font Quarterly Thick BRK for my name.

 

53 frames oh yeah.......

Oh, what a nice presentation for this animated ladybug, Judy.  I love the leaves you chose and the placement of the ladybug.  And your name is so subtle but yet visible without taking anything away from the animation.  Can you share how you created that effect with your text?

Nice job!   Thanks for playing with this animation and posting your results .

LOL @ Rita

Thanks timber.  It wasn't exactly what I wanted to do, but after all, there are 53 frames!  I see that you did a lot of work with the animation on your tag....with the drop shadow!  Anyway, I didn't do that.  Lol.

 

For my name, like you said, I didn't want to take away from the animation.  I chose the font, Quarterly Thick BRK and after selecting the text tool, I chose to create the text as selection, rather than vector or floating.

 

So after you apply your text, you will only see "marching ants" around your text, instead of any color in your text. 

 

Go to effects, 3d, drop shadow.  I used the drop shadow of  : 3,3,25,3 and a dark color from leaf tube.

Then I  applied another drop shadow of : -3,-3,25,3 and same dark color from tube.

 

That effect almost gives the effect of a clear or glass text.

 

Thanks for the challenge.  I am sure I will use this animation again!