Pumpkin Pin Badges ……… A Humungous Disaster!

Ok, so this idea seemed to start off pretty well ……..

I’d bought some MDF pumpkin shapes off eBay with the intension of making a few Halloween pin badges.

I drew the lines on the pumpkin shape lines first using a black Sharpie pen and then filled between them (in two goes), using an orange Trimits fabric paint, trying to get a reasonably bumpy, pumpkin type texture.

When all sections of the paint were dry, I used green enamel accents on the stalks and again waited for that to dry thoroughly too ……

……. before going over the lines again and drawing on the faces, looking good and this is where I really wished I’d just used ordinary Glossy Accents ……..

…… but reached for the Ranger Crackle Accents instead in the hope of giving the pumpkins a vintage feel ………..

…….. but this is what I got! The Accents was even coming away from the badge! What did I do wrong? Was I too heavy handed with the Accents? I am soooooooooooooooooooo disappointed, but I will work it out, starting with brushing on the Accents instead of “blobbing” it on ………… we shall see.