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The reason why you need more than on, is because sometimes, when you are diamond painting, the tip of the pen starts to distort and it makes it harder to place the diamonds/drills down. So they give you multiple for you to replace the old with.

I personally think you did just right with the black. The small gaps of dark actually makes the colours pop more. You did a great job!

I don't know if you will see this but another option would be putting your picture under a sheet of glass and putting the adhesive on the glass itself. Then you should be able to cut and remove the excess adhesive easily. It would also leave you with a piece of glass that has beautiful diamond butterflies on it. ☺️

It was so fun watching you try diamond painting for the first time! I was one of the designers for the idea books that Leisure Arts produced when Diamond Dotz first introduced their Freestyle program. I experimented with dotting just about everything in the house that didn't move. (Actually, now that I think about it, I did adhere some to my face for fun...) It's such a versatile craft and once you have a wider color range you'll be able to do some really cool shading on large projects. I was freaking out when you tried peeling up the adhesive background. I was yelling at you, "No! Add baby powder to dull the stickiness! You'll never remove it!" but of course, you couldn't hear me (three months later and on the other side of the world). Embossing powder works, too. I have 80 bajillion of the stylus tools, but only ever use one for a project. However, it is very handy having extras out for friends/family to use. I brought a large canvas to a family reunion and 5 or 6 of us would be dotting at the same time. It's also handy if you teach classes.

To be honest, I thought you’d use the whole sticky sheet, then tap some embossing powder on the sticky areas. That way the butterflies fly free and you have what you want as a background. I really liked the end result (diamond painting always reminds me of Greek or Roman mosaics), but I really loved the ombré background you did, pre sticky sheet.

I've been doing kit diamond paintings for almost two years now and I think I can count the number of times that I've spilled my diamonds on one hand. Only one of those resulted in any real loss of diamonds or a mess that took more than five minutes to clean up. The way that I did this is that I have a little 8in tin tray (I won't say what kind but you can buy it at a 'head' shop ;] ) with a silicone mat in it that prevents the tray from moving around around. This prevents smaller spills from bumps to the table, and any spills that do make it tend to go right into the tray for easy cleaning. As a bonus, it's also where I keep my supplies when they're put away- my spare sheets of covering for the sticky parts, my extra pink glue, my pens, etc. I think you had two ways to accomplish the butterfly project closer to the way you originally envisioned it. I've only ever made kits before (with printed color-by-number style) but it seems to me that you could have started with the paint-on adhesive (which you already picked up on and eliminated for your own reasons- totally get that), or you could have used either embossing powder or even some fine glitter or something on the parts of the sheet adhesive that you didn't want covered. Lastly, these are all Round style diamonds (Maybe DD brand only does these? Unsure.) but Square diamonds present a whole new side to diamond painting. They're a bit smaller and line up perfectly in their own grid when you use them. They also create a satisfying little "click" when you place them, moreso than the round ones, which can be appealing. Because the squares fit more perfectly than the rounds, you don't have gaps that show the paper behind your project and you don't have to think as much about keeping DIY designs in an orderly grid- it happens automatically. The downside is that more organic shapes are much harder to achieve, like trying to make a round shape in pixel art. The butterflies are more suited to the rounds, as are all smaller designs. If you wanted to make a poster sized picture, the squares might give you a more polished, finished effect. (But they'll take much longer, too!)

I really like the Dream sign, and I think the black background is perfect. The colors show up so nicely with the dark background. Diamond painting is something that I've never tried, but it does look fun. I would love to see you do more diamond coloring. With your talent, there's no limit to where you can take it. Thanks for sharing your video!

Maybe you can print the design 2 times and cut the butterfly’s out of one and use that to cut the sandwich paper, then place that cut out on your butterfly’s in the second page. That way you won’t have the background messing up. I hope this made sense. Lol.

The "dream" and the coloring page turned out so good ! That's cool of you to show us the struggles that come with doing all king of art ! Thanks to people like you, I feel less like quiting and burning the all s**t when I spill my water-paint all over my desk, my art, myself and the floor. It adds a kind of connivance to these moments, it makes them less painful and more "fun" haha

I have done a few DP kits and you have just given me some ideas about what to do with the left over diamonds. I could also see drawing out a pattern/picture on an art canvas which would be sturdier than paper. the light pad is really handy for kits where the picture is grid laid out - it helps you to clearly see the symbols that are printed on the fabric.

I love the DREAM sign. I think the black helps make the colors pop even more. Now I want to make one...

You could have cut out the butterflies from the page you used the sticky layer on, and paste them on a duplicate page where you have done the background on. You will loose some paper, but Imho, it will be the easiest to do. I really like the sign you did with the gradient. Something I might attempt myself.

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As a card marker, I use an anti static pouch (the one you apply to card stock prior to stamping before you emboss) to help take away the stickiness of extra adhesive. This might work for smaller areas.

Oh my gosh!! Diamond painting is my first obsession! I love the different projects that you did! Spills and finding dots everywhere is a regular occurrence!!

I have done about 10 projects with diamond painting and I do love it. I am not an artist but this makes me feel free to experiment as I can just remove the portion that I don't like and start over.

Those projects turned out awesome!! I’d love to see you do more. I’ve been diamond painting for years and love it.

I enjoyed the video and thank you for making it real by adding what made you frustrated. It is good to see that the professionals like yourself also have struggles with new projects. I really love how the Dream project came out. It is inspiring me to create a project for my new craft room using diamond art (which I had never heard of before this video!)

Loved this video. I’m a diamond painter and would love to use my leftover diamonds on coloring pages. All your projects look awesome, especially the butterfly page.

I love anything glittery, shiny, sparkly so Diamond Doting is really right up my alley. I love it. Glad to see you do a video on it also.

You did a great job. I enjoyed watching the video very much. Yes I have flipped my diamonds so many different times when creating a project. I flipped them up in the air and on to the floor. I really love it when they get flipped onto the project itself and you have to pick up/off all the ones that don't belong....

I love the diamonds over the black background, it makes the colors pop, much better than over a white background.

I do diamond painting kits (started during the pandemic as a stress reliever) and have a lot of leftover diamonds. I love your "Dream" sign and think I will do something like that with them. My thought for the multiple placers is that you could use the kit with a group of people and it would be helpful to have extras.

Lovely video! Very inspiring! And yes, I'd love to see you do a phone cover makeover with diamond dotz!

I like the fact you painted the word "Dream" in black. It adds a little drama to the project. I'm also glad you filled the entire page of butterflies with dots, it looks much nicer. And yes, I have spilled my dots in the past. Great job.

Oh Wow!!! This looks amazing!!! Honestly, I was never really interested in diamond paintings, but this is such a great idea and so inspiring!! I didn't know you could get just the diamonds(and so many colors too) without a painting yo do and now...... I might need to do this too! 😆😆

It was so great to see you get into diamond painting! Complete addict here. Thanks for trying it!

You did great! I loved the way they turned out and would love to see more content like this!

I love the Dream sign, I never done freestyle, but I would either cover the areas in between the butterflies with glitter instead of stones, maybe an iridescent or clear glass glitter so you can see the details, or I would cut out the butterflies and restick in on a non sticky background

I love what you did with all your projects. Want to see more. I started diamond painting during the beginning of pandemic and got Granddaughter hooked on it. She says it is very relaxing for her. Share some more diamond painting projects please 😁

im so glad you enjoyed the process, it is very relaxing and your projects were beautiful, especially the stars on the shoes!!

Wow! Absolutely love the coloring page and Dream lettering!

I've diamond painted for a couple of years as well as colouring in, I bought a couple of prints to do but that was prior to my stroke, so they're on the back burner for now. Great thinking outside of the box

I like the black background on the letters, I think it makes the colors stand out even more, wish I had the imagination to mix the colors like you did, beautiful, giving me idea on stuff I could do with my extra diamonds

“Ahh… there’s diamonds everywhereee” my favorite line in it. Haha. I had the idea to reuse the diamonds I had but it never happened. This has given inspiration however. Pretty cool projects to do. I don’t know if I would know what colors to put down but then again I do love painting and experimenting so if you could do it. Maybe it’s worth a try too

Wow what a creative way to use left over drills! The butterfly is amazing. I like the black showing in Dream it really makes the colours pop. Tombow aqua glue would be great to cover the glue and show off that amazing background. I use it on diamond crafts all the time, if its flexible it will crack and peel but something flat it really works well.

I love how these turned out, and now I have an idea on what to do with my bags of leftover diamonds!

I have wanted to try diamond painting for awhile and I love the idea of creating your own. Its almost like drawing on a grid and then the design is revealed as a whole. I love it. The friendship bracelet is cute as well so you can do names and all custom things. Thanks for saying yes and sharing this product.

Very fun. Happy you enjoyed the finish piece.

Awesome projects, thank you for sharing your time, space and skills. I would really like to see more videos featuring "Diamond Adventures!" Your endings are always so stunning in your classroom. Really liked the coloring page. They all came out nice.

Your video inspired me to give Diamond Dots a go! The kit they sent looks A-mazing!!

I think you did a great job on all 3 projects. Deciding on doing the whole page on the coloring is exactly what you are supposed to do.

I love your catalogs I use them for inspiration when I'm designing pony concepts!

I hope you do other things with diamond dots. I have been doing diamond dot kits since 2020 and their some much fun. You tips of craft ideas have given me some ideas to use my left over diamond colors.

The page turned out great! I started diamond Painting beginning of 2020. I love it, it's so fun and relaxing. In the beginning I did knock over my diamonds a lot, but more I I diamond painted the less clumsy I got. I also learn not to have too many in my dish. I would love to see more coloring with diamonds.

I have found that diamond painting is the most therapeutic for reducing stress and anxiety. I have maintained that all along and until last week didn't realize how much when I came home from a really really shitty day I pulled out a small project that I was working on and just started doing it immediately I felt all the stress leaving my body.

I really appreciate seeing your struggles and mistakes which for me who is so new to Diamond Dotz will save me time and frustrations by avoiding what you tried to do such as with the butterflies.

Beautiful job! I love the “Dream” sign! Your coloring page turned out really nice, too. Though diamond painting would not be something I could do, I enjoyed watching your video.

I love the way all 3 came out very creative I'm inspired! That free style kit is awesome it has me thinking of everything I could create with it. Yes please more creative videos like this please!

I started my first diamond painting about a week ago and have been surprised at how much I enjoy it and how relaxing it is. Spent a few hours yesterday on it while watching Netflix. I'm usually VERY clumsy so I spill the diamonds A LOT... My dog also got onto my desk while I was away for a few minutes and knocked down my little tray of pink diamonds. I'm still picking up diamonds from that little accident.

That was fun to watch the coloring page. I loved it

I think you did such a fantastic job! I LOVE the Dream so much and the butterfly art is stunning with the colors you chose! I'd love to see more diamond art videos!

I really really like how the coloring page turned out, I love those colors!

SO GORGEOUS!

I’m glad you tried this. I have a diamond painting i still need to finish, my first one I’ve ever done, but I guess I didn’t realize how easy it could be to actually customize your own painting. I knew it was a thing, but I didn’t realize the useful products like the sandwich adhesive. I’m definitely going to diamond paint some coloring pages one day. I thought people had to create their own grid designs for a custom one.

Oooeee - finished project is delightful! Great job!

Never thought to dot coloring pages! I also appreciate the idea of using kneaded eraser to hold back the protective film as you work. I’m an egg artist & dot eggs all the time! Thank you for sharing!

I love the result, great job 👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰 I love the way you do your videos, you are a very kind person 🥰🥰🥰

The dream sign turned out great and really popped on the black background, the gradient was perfect 👌

Thanks for sticking through with your projects, they all turned out great. I especially enjoyed the sped up video of the diamonds being placed. I’ve been curious about Diamond Painting and you did a great job explaining everything. It seems like a lot of tedious work so I’ll stick with my markers and pencils!

I have thought of doing diamond painting in a coloring book, but what I thought of was using the 'special shapes' diamonds as accents. Thanks for doing this!

This was so much fun to watch I never thought of freestyle! I'm new to diamond painting and have only done lil stickers and keychains but I've now gotten 2 bigger canvas projects that I'm super excited to start! Just need a couple things to make it easier first ( light pad, organizer and folding table I can leave my project on). Thank you for sharing! I'm gonna go watch your other bigger project now🤗💖

what a beautiful project!!

My very first diamond painting was gnome Christmas ornaments. That kit came with some very fine glitter. The directions were to sprinkle the glitter on the ornaments to coat the adhesive that didn't get covered with drills. It turned out gorgeous!

Really loved this video Sarah. You've inspired me to try diamond painting. Would love to see you diamond paint a small tin

The butterflies page look amazing!!! I know you you said you didn't like the colors of the background, but it definitely made the butterflies pop out more. Lovely!!!

this turned out so pretty! I would like to try Diamond Painting myself for a long time and now I want to try it even more. U did a great job with all ur projects!

They all turned out amazing

💎💎Love the Diamond "Dream" art!!!! Beautiful!!

I like how she never gives up she expires me to do art and motivate me.she’s such a queen 👸

Spilling the diamonds when doing a project is just part of the process. i spilling them at least 3-5 times each time I sit to do whatever project I’m working on at the time. I find Diamond dot very relaxing and never thought of free styling with Diamond dot this opens a ton of possibilities. I have so many leftovers why I never though to add them to other projects is beyond me.

You did awesome I love diamond painting and adult coloring now I have to try them both together awesome video

They are all very good love the colouring page idea. I was thinking of doing that with my left over drills as I have plenty of colouring books. Thank you for sharing and take care 😁

Loved it with the background being done….. Beautiful thank you very much!

WoW! Beautiful! Thanks for showing us how to do Diamond Painting!

I loved watching you do the projects! Please do more.

I love how all the projects turned out really creative. My favorite was the wooden Dream sign. For the small inconvenient problem you had on the butterfly page. I would suggest tracing the images onto the sticky tape before removing the protective plastic. Then cutting them out and placing them on top of the designated area. That way it would not ruin the entire page. Option 2 would be to have the page be entirely sticky, and once done adding gliter or another craft material to cover the sticky area. Love the project I can't wait to try it out myself. Thank you for sharing your process.

The spill comes with the love for the feel of the drill😊,it happens .But I love your Beautiful Mistakes. It looks beautiful 😍🤩

I love diamond printing and your projects are great. I would love to see more.

I love diamond painting been doingbut over 4 years and I've done over 40! And yes I spill mine often...lol but I did just buy a tray that holds 4 or 6 trays sooooo I'm hoping it will help me from spilling! And another option for filling backgrounds could be using glitter! A fine glitter just a thought...loved these projects as I have a ton of leftover diamonds !!

A few of your videos popped up in my feed. I watched you color the Frozen coloring page, and this video. I love how you think outside the box, make things fun and even funny. So I’m subscribing:)

as a diamond art painter yes it does take a lot of time to do all this and i have tried where the diamonds are on the sheet in the tray so it doesn't end up falling off

Thank you for doing this video! In spite of the frustration you had your projects turned out great! Very creative and thoughtful. Spilling your diamonds comes with the territory, especially when you spill them on the sticky part of your picture. Most times you sit and stare at it with your mouth hanging open🤦‍♀️. Many Diamond Artists have multiple styluses they make so many pretty ones. Larger kits usually come with a few extra ones and with the size of your kit that's pretty common.

Spilling the diamonds from diamonds dot kits has happened to me quite often and can be quite a task to clean up especially when they get all over in the carpet of my room!

It’s so relaxing and enjoy full watching your vids I especially love your one colour vids with pencils

I quite like the black behind the dots. Makes the colours pop

I think you did a great job on all three projects with the diamond painting. I have never seen anyone do projects like that before when it comes to diamond painting.

I love diamond painting - I have to try this!

Thanks for this idea! I love to diamond paint but not so much to color, especially the really intricate coloring pages! My son bought me a really nice but intricate coloring book for Christmas and I was afraid I would hurt his feelings if he didn’t see me using it! Now I know what to do with it so thanks so much!

So fun! I’ve always wanted to try diamond painting but to be honest I already have too many things “art things” on the go lol

When I do my diamond paintings, I sprinkle some iridescent glitter to help cover the sticky between the diamonds. Then I spray with a sealer. This give it an extra sparkle.

Your color knowledge is amazing. I love the color schemes you use..

You could use clear embossing powder on the distress ink background by using the embossing ink pen to get it into the spots you want.

I just wanted to pause and say that i actually like the black behind the duamond dots for your Dream sign. The overall look reminds me of tile mosaics, which i think are so beautiful!

Love the “dream” the colors are so pretty

The sign looks amazing, I think that black is good contrast for the light diamond colors and it works well but white could work also . As for the paper it looks stunning but it's thin and u can't realy do much with it, I would glue it on some white cardboard and frame it, very very beautiful outcome on that paper.

I like the black background on the dream sign looks amazing.

I love all of this!

Great job. I've seen them on Amazon but didn't think they could create a realistic looking pic. Now I know I don't think I would enjoy that but my 12 year old granddaughter enjoy it. You do a very good job of getting yourself out of predicaments--so fun to watch.