SPARKLERS are glass drills, either plain colors or with coatings such as AB or metallic, that have a silver backing and shine like ABs on steroids or like diamonds! These are 2.8mm in size and fit round canvases. There are about 1400 drills in each bag.
SPARKLERS for Squares (S4S) are glass and round in shape, but sized to fit perfectly onto a square space (2.5mm)! They actually look GREAT, and samples are on the pages in our group as well as the Blog section of our site.
Jellies are neither fully transparent nor opaque. Some are glow, some have an AB coating and some have a silver back making them crystals. These come in round or square shapes.
Crystals or Rhinestones are transparent (almost see-through), acrylic drills, with a silver backing and sometimes with an AB coating that give a different look or dimension to a certain area of a diamond painting (DP).
Neon drills can be both glass or resin drills that will show up under a black light, but don’t actually glow like the Glow Glass. They are in fluorescent colors. We carry these for both round and square.
Neon ABs (the purple drills below) have an iridescent AB coating on them.
Hot Spotters are beautiful (hence the word “Hot”) little, pieces of art with magnets that hold back the top cover of your diamond painting, therefore giving you an extra hand to help “Spot” you while you work!
Hot Spotters have 2 powerful, rare earth, Neodymium, magnets. One magnet is glued to the backside of the resin/acrylic piece, and the other magnet either goes under your cover or the entire canvas, enhancing your crafting experience.
NOTE: if you happen to lose one of the magnets, you can easily use a metal washer in it’s place!
Although not an essential diamond painting accessory, our pretty, little brushes can be used with baby powder or cornstarch to deactivate the excess adhesive around the edges of a diamond painting only AFTER the project is finished. Can also be used around special drills on a Special Shaped, partial, diamond painting after it has been completed.
SLIVERS & SLIVERETTES are special shaped, rectangular, glass drills that can be used on both a RD & a SQ DP to give added uniqueness to your diamond painting.
Diamond Painting is similar to a paint-by-color canvas, but instead of paint, you place resin or glass drills on a sticky canvas with special tools that are provided inside each kit. It’s a simple and relaxing hobby that crosses all age and gender barriers! The end result is a gorgeous piece of art work with lots of SPARKLE and shine!
Decide which part of your canvas you want to highlight. You can either choose a matching DMC# or a new color to replace your drills with. Here are some inspirational ideas to get your creative juices flowing: Customized Examples
DMC is a standardized, color chart that is used in the crafting community. Although drill manufacturing companies follow this chart, colors can vary among dye lots.
Since the regular, pink wax tends to come out of the pen when using AB drills, I prefer to use rounded tweezers or museum putty when placing AB drills. We also carry a wax pencil to help with this, and there are MANY makers of scented and/or colored putties to choose from.
Here are a few links to muds or putties, etc. that I’ve used in alphabetical order:
Occasionally, your AB drills will have a residue left over from the coating process. In some colors, more of this residue is left in the bags than others. It does NOT diminish the quality of the drills. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do about this.
There will be times where you may experience some discrepancy in colors with the same DMC#. This is because the orders that we get from the manufacturing companies have variations in the dye lots. Unfortunately, this is out of our control.
Typically orders are shipped within 5-7 business days, but it ultimately varies depending on how many orders there are and how quickly we can get to them.
