4 creepy bird diamond painting templates
Have you been looking for mini diy crystal art easy charts? These 4 creepy bird diamond painting templates come in both round and square designs.
You may not know that I love designing cross stitch embroidery and it seemed a logical step for me to take those charts and create some dot art designs with them. Like this set of owl and crow designs which are perfect for Halloween.
Grab your choice of printable pdfs as a free download at the bottom of this post.
What exactly is diamond painting?
Diamond painting, otherwise know as crystal art or dot art is similar to painting by numbers and counted cross stitch by which you follow a gridded design and fill in each corresponding colour with a matching diamond drill. These tiny plastic shapes are placed on to an adhesive sheet with either a pen tool or tweezers to fill in the design. Once complete it gives a faceted look to the picture.
What do you need to begin diamond painting?
These are the basic tools you will need for diamond painting:
- Diamond drills – these either come in square or round shapes.
- A diamond painting pen tool
- Wax to keep the pen sticky
- a tray
- A pre-printed design or a chart that you have covered with double sided adhesive film. Check out Can You Use a Cross Stitch Pattern for Diamond Painting? for instructions on how to prep your own custom sheet.
How does diy diamond painting work?
If you’ve tried diamond painting kits and want to make your own. It can be simple enough to do so. Check out my diamond painting charts for free patterns and use either pre-printed adhesive graph canvas or use glue to follow the designs as you would a cross stitch chart.
The beauty of diy diamond painting is you can customise your choice of colours and use the completed pieces in all manner of craft projects from wall art to gift tags, card making and scrapbooking projects.
