Top 10 Tips for Diamond Painting
All the best tips for diamond painting. From how to flatten your canvas, to how to unstick diamonds...and lots more! Let me know if you have any questions at all!
What are you working on right now? I'd love to see!
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Things mentioned in this video...
Bead storage tray...
42 Container tray (various sizes)... amzn.to/2KN0Mf0
82 Container tray (all tiny size)... amzn.to/2MEdBKB
2 pack deal... amzn.to/2vA8SmO
I'm not a fan of the red wax in the pen tool, I prefer Blu-Tack. One pack will last you a lifetime.
You can see it here... amzn.to/2P2Hd5R
Light pad...
From AliExpress... s.click.aliexpress.com/e/bGc89VVe
Similar on US Amazon... amzn.to/3E45CDp
My portable battery... amzn.to/2MBuOEh
I now use this one, because it's pink!... amzn.to/2MDz7iA (US)
amzn.to/2KMwMQE (Australia)
My camera for video and photography- amzn.to/2ZGcClb
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The "Woolly Girl" diamond painting I'm working on in the video is from AliExpress...
s.click.aliexpress.com/e/OzCryzi
The diamond painting shown in Tip 1 is "Alice In Wonderland" from AliExpress...
s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cCmZrlfS
The main Diamond Painting Companies I regularly use and trust:
Diamond Art Club: bit.ly/3o0kZCF
Craft-Ease: www.craft-ease.com?ref=105
DIY Moon Shop... diymoonshop.com?sca_ref=654308.M1it3GGw7C
Paint With Diamonds: paintwithdiamonds.com?rfsn=1665958.22ee3
Also Diamond Dots...wherever you can find them!
All my favourite supplies and kits are listed on my website... www.studiosam.co
That flattening the canvas tip just blew my dang mind. Thank you so much!
Mine too!! Lol
Me too! I just got mine and went straight to this video.! Thank-you..!
Crazy shit lmao
Sunny Webb omg diamond painting life hack that I wish I knew before
Yasssss
I'm so glad I watched this before starting my very first diamond art picture. This video is a life saver
Oh thanks so much!
me too!
Would you usually use the red wax as a glue??
Esme Sayer that’s what you poke the pen into to pick up diamonds
me too! Thanks so much for this video. I didn't know that this thing even exist!😆😂 this is my first diamond painting and really mind blowing!!! I got it by accident. My daughter and I ordered a cross stitch online but this is what we got- A diamond painting!!! Didn't like it in the beginning but as I watch this video I began to appreciate. God bless you!
Some of this stuff is actually genius. You just saved me from a lot of stress and anxiety!
Your tips were by far the most helpful all around. You were to the point and didn't drag out the obvious once you showed the 'how to'. Thanks for this!
We’re stuck at home due to the virus social distancing in the US, so I thought I’d give diamond painting a try. This video is great! I feel like you saved me a lot of frustration as I start out. Thank you for the video!
I just ordered one for the same reason! Lol mandatory stay in, in california. Hope it gets here soon. Bored!
7aura7A where did you order yours at?
Bought two kits for my kids today for the same reason.
I’m in UK isolating too
@@amandawagner1845 me too! california gang
Huh, never heard of diamond painting. You're a natural instructor.... Crap, hope I don't get addicted to THIS now.
Oh you HAVE to try it now! Its totally addictive! Ha! The things you learn on KZhead.
Moogie - Same here! Never heard of this art form before but thanks to late night YouTubing it’s now something I’m interested in trying.
You will! it only took one for me!
OMG!! 😲 I was the hundredth like! 👍
i am not even going to try this one.
Sam you are a life saver for me with the checker border fashion is a game changer for me and trying to flat down the canvas is a game changer
I clicked here as a seasoned diamond painter thinking I could learn no more YOU HAVE SHOCKED ME THANK YOU FOR THE TIPS!
You are so welcome!! Xx
I'm preparing to do my 1st painting and your video has really prepared me to have the best experience. Thank you!
I am also about to start my first diamond painting and these tips sure gave me a better idea of exactly what I'll be doing and how to avert problems before they happen. You really are a natural instructor!
Just ordered three to do and am looking forward to doing them as never seen or done anything like them before! I’m an artist so should be easy for me to do! But this video has given me all the tips I need! Great video 👍👍
I have trouble seeing the symbols so small. Or they have ones looked same
Oh I have two work on. One horse and a dolphin
I as well i just bought 4 diamond paintings from Diamond Art club and cant wait to get my craft table crafty again. It's been about 8 months since I put my crafts away cuz I'm just that busy with my jobs but now I'm ready to start crafting again and decided to give this a go
I've been using parchment paper to help cover areas I need to lay my arm on.
Wonder if you could use cardboard, card stock or poster board on top?
Ive been using saran wrap..but the parchment paper sounds better...imma try that now
@@payaljindal8970 Thank you for the reply.
I use parchment paper too! On Amazon they have parchment paper squares, packs of like 100 for 8$ US. I take the adhesive sheet off and then place the squares down and I lift each one up and complete that section at a time , if I don’t finish that entire section, I just lay it back over the sticky part
I tried that too but I couldnt remove it. It shredded into tiny pieces. Had to ditch the whole picture
Thanks so much for the tip about the BluTack. I tried it today on my round drills and it worked so much better than the wax. I felt like I was having to reapply wax every 5 minutes before. Definitely a game changer for me. Thanks again!
Great to hear it works for you too!
Just getting ready to start my first project. These are great tips. Right from the first one! I wondered how I could get my canvas flat. Now I know 👍
I wish I could like this video 10 times. Every tip given just made me go “this is genius I never would have thought of it”
I agree,,, but what I do for KZheadrs is click a LIKE on each comment to help build revenue.
“Those damn air bubbles” lmao! I’m so glad I found this video. I wanted to get an idea of what I’m in for when I start crafting and you pointed out things I didn’t know or weren’t aware of. Thanks for making me feel more confident!
"Even when you think you might be slightly addicted." lol I thought that was funny
Yes, I am now an addict. I found I didn’t go to bed till 430am in the morning the other night or should I say the other day. I just enjoy my diamond painting so much, it gives me a lot of pleasure and gives me something to do as I don’t have a husband and I get any more.
Oh I'm so glad to hear you love it too! I find it so relaxing. And I'm constantly inspired by all the wonderful new kits and designs that are coming out lately. It's such a great craft. Xx
OMG, I'm 73 years old and have been crafting all my life and have never see Diamond Painting. So neat. Thank you for all the tips.
Thank you! It's quite a new craft...and very addictive!
MaryLou White ‘
I'm almost 60, and just found out about this from my mother(who is 83) at Christmas time. She loves it. I love it too but I have so many hobbies now that I just don't have the time for a new one, lol.
@@GOGOSLIFE dump one of your old hobbies (even if only temporarily) and give diamond painting a go! 😉🙂
You're going to LOVE it! lol
This probably the best presented, most concise video I have seen for diamond painting tips and techniques. I'll use this one to refer new Dp'ers to. thank you.
Thanks so much! Please share away! X
Totally agreed! Subscribing!
I agree. Thank you
I too agree !
Yes this is an Awesome Video and Studio Sam really knows all the tricks to getting these done with a lot less problems! She is Amazing! I love how she has helped me with this video!
WoW, you are AMAZING!! I cannot believe how much I’m learning from just one of your videos. You’re easy to understand and your voice is pleasant to listen to. I’m so excited to learn this form of art and you’ve made it simple to follow. Thank you! Please keep sharing your art tips with us!
Oh thanks so much! That's so kind...I greatly appreciate it.
I agree, you are extremely helpful and eady to eaych. Thank you so much.
Me too! Great video!
I haven't even received my first kit yet,so watching your channel has been helpful but also made me extremely inpatient! Thank you so much for all your help and making these great videos. I may be 4 years late, but a much deserved thank you is never too late. 🤗
Same here! I also already had one of those lighttable pads, also in DIN A4 format, but I never ever had the idea to put it under your painting to see the markings better. That is such a genius idea and so life changing. Thank you soooo much for those tips Sam!
Thank you so much for making this! The checkerboard tip is a GAMECHANGER. I've done two smaller diamond paintings and ran into the problem of keeping my lines straight and the checkerboard pattern has cleaned them up SO MUCH. Now my third painting is looking a lot neater!
Ah that's great! I still do the checker board technique, it definitely helps me get straighter rows.
That checkerboard technique confuses me. And I couldn't really decipher what you're doing. Could you elaborate for us slow folks?
@robinwest5487 You are putting the diamonds in every other spot on a row. Then the next row is every other but not directly under the first row. So, it makes a checker board. Then, the spaces left, you fill in. It keeps rows straight.
Our granddaughter just finished a diamond painting for our daughter and son on laws 30th anniversary. She did a beautiful job and had over 100 hours I to it! Then had it framed. I wish I could share it with you!
Hello, Carol, I have to ask. Could you let me know where you ordered the custom photo from? I'm not sure which site is reputable.
Michael's Craft Store does custom framing. It is pretty expensive, yhough. I try to find frames at second-hand stores. I keep this in mind when ordering the sizes of diamond art.
100 hrs. Wow.
This was called a mosaic picture in my day. You used tiles, paper, stone, glass, and now little pieces if plastic. Interesting; and good tips...
I like that cracking, popping sound.
Incredibly useful!! My biggest tip, that you didn’t touch upon, is an easel or book holder to keep my piece tilted when I work on it. Helps my neck not hurt. (I also stand up when I diamond paint. I’m starting my first larger piece (for me) and sooo excited. Might get a larger LED pad because since I’ve been diamond painting (always early morning) my sleep has been great and I think a lot of that has to do with the meditative value of my projects AND the light setting my circadian rhythm. thank you sooo much!
I’m so glad my auntie got in to this! I now love it and wish I discovered it sooner. I did it for 8 hours straight one day the day flew by and I didn’t stop to eat so it helped the 5:2 diet I’m doing too 🤣
Great tip about about the paper flattening thanks
All your tips were great! I just started, did 2 9x9's, but now I bought a couple bigger ones that are all diamonds and I also bought a light pad, that I haven't received yet, so I am really happy to have seen you show how to use it. Also flattening the canvas and splitting the diamonds by shaking them in between the two trays was so helpful. So glad to have found you! Thanks so much!👍😊
Thank you so much for taking the time to help us new bees out , I’m so looking forward to my shipment !! Bless you, stay happy and healthy!
I just received my very first canvas for Christmas today and was shocked to find no instructions. It's pretty self-explanatory, however I found your video on my first try, and it was so fantastic! I am really excited to get started. She also got me the lightboard. All I need now is the blue rack, which I am gonna order right after this comment. Thank you! Sheri, Marathon Florida 🌴🎄🎁🌟
Good luck excited to start mine too. X
Fantastic! You're going to love it!
I was also shocked when I got my first diamond painting and there were NO instructions! I had to learn from watching video tutorials. Yes it's pretty self explanatory but since I'd never done one I wasn't sure how to use the pen and how to apply the diamonds. So these videos have really helped. Happy painting!!
@@Beckmunns Exactly! And this video, in particular, was very helpful. I am loving this painting! I have always been good and hand-work projects and this one is great. Relaxing even! I'm sure there will be a second one 🙂 Hope you enjoy yours too 💗
What's the blue rack? please and thank you
Soooo glad I found you before I start my first Diamond Painting!!! ᗩᗯEᔕOᗰE Video✨✨✨✨✨
I just ordered a diamond painting and it’s going to be my first one and it’s a picture of a wolf under the moon and it’s so beautiful and thanks for the tips I think they’ll help a lot.
Oh great! Enjoy!
Armyyyy
I want to do one of bts
I just ordered one of Namjoon I hope it turna out well
ARMY!!
You're wonderful!! You are a teacher, please keep doing what you're doing!!
Hi Alta Yung, , how you doing it’s nice meeting you here, I have a whatapp group for Diamond painters we share ideas, pictures of our paint and we help each other’s get the best of all, it would be nice joining us.. if your interested kindly reply back for the group link so you can join us and may God continue to bless and strengthen you....
The tray stacking tip for separating the stuck diamonds was mind-blowing. Thank you!!! ❤
You are so welcome! It's become known as the 'two dish squish'. 😂
I'm just getting interested in diamond painting and this was a GREAT help! Awesome tips that wouldn't occur to me until MUCH later! Thanks for sharing your experience!
Just got my first diamond painting in the mail today and i cant wait to get started! Thanks so much for the great tips, i know they really are going to help!
LOVED this and your happy demeanor! I haven’t crafted since having children and it’s been over fifteen years- you have inspired me to try this 🤩!
Hello! I just made my first ever diamond painting and i just want to thank you for the great tips. It definitely made my first time easier and more enjoyable ❤
Love the tips but mostly the one of snapping the beads that are stuck together. Great new hobby for me although it is so much fun that my housework tends to get ignored.
Haha! Yes...I totally understand. I say I'll just sit and do it for half an hour, but when I look up...it's been 3 hours, and I haven't got anything else done!
I have never heard of diamond painting until a co-worker posted a pic of one she had completed. I read up about it, watched some tutorials and looked through hundreds of pics of the choices of subjects. I have just GOT to try one! I fell in love with the peacock and want to do one to hang in my office at work. Wish me luck as I take the plunge!! :)
Oh your going to love it! Its very relaxing...and totally addictive!
I almost got the peacock one too!
Marty Whatley I love the peacocks I have 3 of them if I tire of one I have a rest and go to another
The tip for using blue tack...GAME CHANGER! Amazing! I found a 4oz package of wall tack (same thing) for $3.99 at a craft store that will literally last me for the rest of my life!
Thank you for this tip and info.
I have a daughter with severe ASD who enjoys doing 1k pieces puzzles. She'd had plenty done and hanging on wall. I’m introducing this craft to her. Thanks for this generous guide.
As a new diamond painter, this is absolutely helpful!! Thanks so much.
Yay! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Thank you so much for this! I haven't started yet, but have my first kits and accoutrements coming this Monday. Your video really helped me prepare well, and I even picked up a few of the extra supplies you recommended (i.e. blue tack, that fantastic bead box, etc.). I'm so excited to get started on this!
I’m just beginning and really grateful for your tips! Thank you!!!
I just got my first diamond paintings to start. This is so helpful! Thanks so much! You have stopped a great deal of frustration before I have had a chance to experience it.
Just received my first diamond painting, and can’t wait to start! Thank you for all these very useful tips, they will definitely come in extremely handy! 😊👍
Thank you for your very interesting and detailed tips on diamond painting. I’m just recovering from a foot operation and have to keep my foot elevated for several weeks. This will definitely keep me occupied for the weeks ahead! I think it could be very addictive and with all your clear and clever tips, I’m not just stopping with one picture!
I'll be collecting my first (small) canvas from the post office tomorrow. Over the past few days, I've been searching for videos about diamond painting for beginners and I found your channel. It was so nice to find a fellow Aussie - and even better, your advice is very helpful and presented concisely. So you have a new subscriber. Thank you so much for this informative video. 😃
Have just started diamond art, so pleased I found you so early on in my journey. Thank you 😊
This was very helpful! I'm tackling my first peace and have little patience for making mistakes that I could have avoided. Thank you for showing me how to avoid those mistakes. Very helpful!!
I've ordered my first kit and I'm dying to get started once it gets here! Now I feel more confident going into this. Thank you so much!
Thanks so much! I originally watched this video when I first started diamond painting, stopped for a while and just restarted the hobby. Came back as a refresher. Love the sealing video as well. Thanks for saving me a ton of time and aggravation!
Great tips!! Thank you! I love the satisfying clicking for the checkboard approach and breaking apart the ones stuck together!
Thank you for the tips. I just discovered Diamond Painting and watching a lot of videos on it before I purchase my first one. I like seeing the "problems" of a craft before I invest into it. Your tips are really good and I'm looking forward to doing my first one.
Thank you for these tips! I just learned about diamond painting when I became curious after I saw them wandering the aisle of craft shops. I'm not a crafty type but this makes me want to try. If I do try diamond painting I will definitely use these tips!
Watching this 3 years later & am blown away at how helpful this video is! Thank you so much!! Starting my first diamond painting ever. 🙏🏻
I found you tonight when you were discussing sealing (which was very helpful). Then I went on to watch your tips. Awesome. I hadn’t thought of using the power bank for the light board. Tomorrow I will do that. The other great tip I found terrific was breaking those drills apart by using the tray on top. They’re all great tips though so thank you.
I’ve just bought myself a small diamond painting kit and was a little confused by it all but this has really helped me. Thanks Sam! Love from the UK x
Great tip for bubbles in the canvas. I'm just about to start my second diamond painting and it's got a lot of bubbles!
mine too!!
I love your tips they are going to be very helpful. I have been doing diamond art for a few years now and I learned quite a bit from your tips. Thank you!!
I am about to start my first diamond painting and am so glad yours was the first video I came across. I feel confident going ahead and starting my painting now. Thanks so much ☺️
Decided before actually starting one and going in blind I would look up some how to videos and came across this. Right off the bat, I am using 6 of your tips! I haven't had stuck crystals, air bubbles, storage needs, or needed to tape the edge yet, but all the other tips have been immensely helpful and I just started this week!
I just bought my 1st diamont painting and those hacks helped me so much ❤
Great tips. I recently started doing diamond embroidery and it completely covered me with a wave))) My channel is still young, and of course, it's not possible to make pictures quickly, but it brings me pleasure. Thanks for the video!
That's great! I totally agree, videos take so long to make. That's why I can't seem to make them too often! 😂 Keep going, it really is very rewarding.
I just heard of Diamond Painting yesterday and it's so interesting! Your video was really helpful and I hope that I will get to test some Diamond Painting soon.
These are amazing tips! So glad I found your video before doing my first diamond painting. I feel very sure that these tips will be extremely helpful. Thank you so much for making this video!
Oh this is so useful! I just bought my first diamond painting yesterday and made so little progress on it, but with your tips I'll be going back in a lot more confident. Thank you!
Thanks for your tips. My first diamond painting arrives this Friday so I'm glad to hear some tips (especially ones like flattening it, getting rid of air bubbles and starting from the top down) before I run into those issues.
Thank you so much for those lovely hints, I'm just about to start so will remember them.
Your idea of the tack instead of the glue pads that come with the kits was a great idea! I spend less time dabbing adhesive onto the pen!
Thank you so much for these tips, and your amazing upbeat personality 😃💜
I appreciate this so much! Just started my first. Your explanations make so much sense. Top to bottom! Agree
I just finished my first painting today. and already waiting for my second one to finally arive
i am looking for my second, but i amazon are expensive. any idea where else i could get them cheaper??
Thank you. Im new at this and i think ill enjoy it. Love crafting, sewing, knitting, etc etc.
the checkerborad tip also works for me because it keeps the lines straight and keeps me wanting to do the big sections of a color!
You are so good at explaining that I want to try, never wanted to before :)
Thank you so much. I haven’t started my painting yet, I’m going to after I go get some glue, but this is THE BEST VIDEO!! Thank THANK YOU!!
Best video so far that isn’t basic information. Love it!
How generous you are with your knowledge! Thank you so much!!
I'm going to start my first piece, I will follow these tips.
Great tutorial. All the information needed in a concise presentation. Thanks so much!!!!
I’ve been watching several videos and your tips are by far the best I’ve seen. Thank you.!
I just bought my first diamond painting kit, and I think these tips of yours have already been very helpful. Thank you!
You've inspired me. Thank you very much for your tips!💕💕
Thank you so much!
This is TOO COOL! I've never seen this type of art!!! Amazing to me really. I'm hooked!
Thanks so much for sharing. My first time painting. I received It as a gift. Now I can’t wait to try it!
Thank you so very much for all your insight, this newbie really appreciated it😉 It will be forever in my memory bank!
Thank you, I had no idea what was involved, this has opened my eyes & is truly appreciated ;)
thanks so many hints to get started, have been feeling daunted with the project, now looking forward to start with confidence. kind regards Hilary
Thoroughly enjoyed your 10 tips. They'll help me on my diamond art journey. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge ❤
Thanks for the great tips. I was about to start my first canvas when I found your video. Now things are much clear about how to work with these tiny diamonds and canvas. Many Thanks 😊
In the US you can buy this storage system at Fire Mountain Gems for cheaper than at Amazon. I have been buying beading supplies from this company for years and they ship things very quickly
It's not cheaper at all. Fire mountain Gems is a wholesale seller and unless you're buying a hundred of them Amazon is much cheaper
Love fire mtn... just hit the 1$ sale... it’s not just wholesale.
I found a site called Panda Hall that have some really neat looking storage containers. They look like the little plastic containers Tic Tacs come in with the little flip-up lid and they all fit neatly into one larger container. I really like those and think I might order some. Walmart has a couple of nifty looking containers too. I'm shopping around to find the ones i like best and the best prices. Funny thing is I dont even have any diamond paintings yet, but I plan to get some soon and I feel certain that I'll enjoy it enough to invest in more permanent storage than the little zip-loc style bags the bits come in with some paintings, as well as a light box. I've seen some youtubers make their own pens and say they really liked them and that they're easier to use than the pens that come in the kits. I think the blue tack is a great idea as well as bordering the paintings with washi tape. Happy Painting everyone!!! 💜💜💜
Thank you. I don't know why Australia can't use Amazon. Do you?
Diana Gray we can use Amazon but only the Australian Amazon site.
Omg...thank you...you're totally awesome for the 1st tip on flattening your canvas.
I watch quite some channels with tips on DPs and such and half the time they recommend their favorite way to fix problems or to do things, I will have to go out of my way to buy items that I would never use for anything else. This video is seriously the best so far! All just items that I have laying around or just simple tools. Thank you, that is so much more helpful!
me and my sister ordered 60 x 60 custom paintings as our startout ones cause we get bored a lot and thought that a big one would be good to start with. i'm very happy i stumbled upon this video, it seems very very helpful! i'm even more excited to get started now!
WOW ! This tutorial is fabulous !! 😮👏👏👏👏💞
Fabulous information :) thankyou! I bought a couple of Plastic Pill Box's from a thrift shop to organise & store my beads in.
Thank you so much for putting this video together, it has been incredibly helpful! I ordered a light pad and I can’t wait for it to come in!!
Getting ready to do my first Diamond painting. Your tips will be very helpful. Thank you so much!
"If you find yourself addicted..." I was doing the first third of my first painting and I was hooked. Great video, I liked the washi tape tip! I have cats so cat hair tends to decorate my paintings. For diamond storage I ordered a bunch of really cheap (about 4€ a piece) 7-day pill boxes off Amazon and made labels for each box. Once a box is full, I leave the leftovers in their bag, seal it, and use the ones in the box until I can refill it.
Oh I love that idea! Any cheap and easy storage system like that makes such a difference. No more digging around for the next colour!!
@@StudioSam what is the blue tex in U.S.A
@@vickieroskom5175 I think it's called Blu Tack in England, here in the US look for something called "Poster putty" or "poster tack". I've actually found some at the $store.
Great tips, I’m on my first diamond painting & this is really going to help, thanks for sharing