Allison Pearce Knockoff .. with a Twist!

I Love, LOve, LOVE this painting from Allison Pearce..

 and at $12 from art.com it's a steal.. but I have a few problems with it..

1.  It doesn't match my daughter's room.

2.  I LOVE to create things!

3.  It's a print and I love REAL paintings.

So this is MY version of the painting that I created for my daughter's BIG girl room!

To make this I started with a scrap piece of wood

which I Mod Podged with Book pages.

While the glue dried I cut a pattern and created this dress from two fabrics, ribbon for the belt and tulle for the skirt and top.

Then I painted my wood canvas with strips of paint in two shades of pink and white

which I then dragged down the board with a piece of cardboard

to create the desired effect.

Once dry I painted the bottom half green  and blotted with a paper towel while wet so that the pink still showed through.  Then before the  paint dried I added the lighter green scrapbook "tiles" which I created on my Cricut and then Mod Podged over to seal them.

Next I cut out the shape for the dress form

and the table

 out of cardboard and painted them black.

Then I took black thread and made a thicker piece by cutting lots of pieces and tying them together to form the dress stand.

Then I Mod Podged both the table and the dress form onto my canvas.

Then I stamped a lamp onto the table.. sorry couldn't find a chandelier or a candelabra stamp so this was the next best thing!

Then I tapped the dress into place over the canvas which was still wet with Mod Podge.

So now, I have a sweet dress form painting that is a knockoff with my own twist of adding texture, dimension and the colors I needed! 
My little lady just LOVES it and it matches her room perfectly!

And here's a few close ups.. of the dress

and the table.

I am sharing with
http://www.aglimpseinsideblog.com/







 
Love,
Pinkapotamus