This Paint With Diamonds review exists because diamond painting has a credibility problem online. Half the kits sold under that name are anonymous listings with a stock photo and a shipping estimate measured in seasons. So the first question is not whether the craft is fun. It is whether the shop you are buying from is a real one.
Paint With Diamonds trades as the official Paint With Diamonds brand and describes itself in plain numbers: 10,000+ official Diamond Art designs, 20,000+ 5-star reviews, and a customer base it puts at 500,000+ diamond painters, with 2-4 day shipping now available. Its Instagram bio adds the recurring promotion, Buy 2, Get 1 Free.
Here is what those claims mean in practice, what the current range actually looks like, and where the brand is genuinely weaker than the marketing suggests.
What Paint With Diamonds sells
Diamond painting kits, and specifically full-drill ones. Full-drill means the resin diamonds cover the entire canvas rather than a highlighted section, so the finished piece reads as a complete image rather than a partly filled outline. Every current kit in the range is listed as full-drill.
The second choice on every product page is Round or Square diamonds. That single option changes the finished look more than most beginners expect, and it is the decision worth making deliberately rather than by default.
The catalogue positions itself around relaxation rather than achievement. The brand line on every listing is a version of relax, unwind, and create Diamond Art, which is an honest description of what the hobby actually is: repetitive, absorbing, screen-free work you do with your hands.
You can see the current arrivals at Paint With Diamonds if you want to follow along with the designs below.
The Caleb Smith stained glass collection
The most interesting thing about the current range is not the size of the catalogue. It is the artist exclusivity. The newest wave is a stained glass series by artist Caleb Smith, and every listing carries the same line: available exclusively at Paint With Diamonds as a full-drill Diamond Painting Kit in your choice of Round or Square diamonds, with the copyright held by the artist.
That matters for a category where most sellers licence the same generic artwork. A signed, exclusive collection is the difference between a shop and a dropship listing.
The stained glass concept also suits the medium unusually well. Leaded glass is built from bounded panels of flat colour, and so is a diamond painting: thousands of small square or round facets in discrete colour blocks. The artwork and the medium are doing the same thing, which is why these designs look sharper finished than a photographic subject would.
The collection spans several clear lanes. Nature and florals cover Stained Glass Kyoto Crane Garden, Stained Glass Garden Bunny and Stained Glass Fairy Water Lily. Wildlife and birds cover Colorful Stained Glass Garden Owl, Stained Glass Hummingbird Cascade, Stained Glass Eagle Mountain, Stained Glass Lavender Fox and Stained Glass Black Cat. Fantasy covers Stained Glass Crystal Unicorn, Stained Glass Dragon And Fairy, Stained Glass Celestial Mermaid, Stained Glass Butterfly Fairy and Stained Glass Rose Dragon Golden Stars. There is a religious and spiritual lane too, with Stained Glass Angel Of Lilies.
Round versus square diamonds, decided properly
Since every kit offers both, this is the choice you will actually make at checkout. Square diamonds sit edge to edge with no visible gaps, so a completed canvas looks like a solid mosaic and lines stay crisp. Round diamonds are faster to place because they do not need to be aligned, and they leave a small gap between facets that catches light differently.
For a stained glass design, square is the more natural match, because the whole point of the artwork is hard-edged panels of colour meeting at a lead line. Round is the kinder pick if this is your first kit or if you want the sessions to move faster.
Neither is wrong. But you cannot mix them within one canvas, so make the call before you order rather than halfway through. The choice appears on every design in the stained glass collection, so it is not a decision you can defer.
Shipping: read this before you order a gift
This is where the brand deserves credit for transparency and where buyers most often get caught out. Every product page splits shipping in two.
- Ships from USA: allow 2-5 business days for delivery.
- Ships from China: allow 12-30 business days for delivery, with additional customs fees and duties potentially applying to EU customers.
The brand states plainly that shipping timeframes are not guaranteed in either case. So the headline 2-4 day shipping now available applies to the domestic route, not to everything in the catalogue. If a kit is a birthday present, check which warehouse your chosen design ships from before you commit, because the gap between five days and thirty is the difference between a gift and an apology.
What the numbers do and do not tell you
The brand leads with scale: 10,000+ official Diamond Art designs, 20,000+ 5-star reviews and 500,000+ diamond painters. Treat those as evidence of category depth rather than of quality on any individual kit, which is the correct way to read any retailer's headline figures.
What they do usefully signal is longevity. A shop with a catalogue that size and a review count in five figures is not a listing that will vanish mid-order, which is the actual risk in this category. The 2-4 day shipping now available line points the same way, since fast domestic fulfilment requires stock held in the country rather than drop-shipped on demand.
The other recurring offer worth knowing is the Buy 2, Get 1 Free promotion the brand runs on Instagram under the code B2G1. If you are torn between two designs, that changes the arithmetic in a way a single-kit price comparison will not capture.
What the numbers do not tell you is anything about a specific canvas, and there is no way around that other than judging the artwork on screen. On this range that is a fair test, because the stained glass style photographs honestly: flat colour panels look on the product image much as they will look finished.
Who this brand actually suits
Diamond painting is a long-format hobby. A full-drill canvas is many sessions rather than an afternoon, and the appeal is the repetition itself rather than the finish line. That makes it a good fit for the same people who like model kits, cross stitch or a 1,000-piece jigsaw, and a poor fit for anyone who needs a fast result.
It also produces something you have to do something with. Unlike most crafts, the output is wall-sized art, so it helps to know before you start whether you are framing it, gifting it or storing it. Our roundup of the best art prints, bundles and puzzles is a reasonable sanity check on whether you want that much wall commitment.
Where the brand is weaker
Three honest criticisms. First, the product descriptions are boilerplate. Once you have read one Caleb Smith listing you have essentially read all twenty, since they share the same shipping block and the same premium diamond painting framing with only the title swapped. You learn very little about a specific design from its copy.
Second, the artwork does the entire job of differentiation. In a range where every kit is full-drill and offered in both diamond shapes, the only real variable is which picture you like, so browsing is a visual exercise rather than a comparison one.
Third, the split shipping model means the buying experience is inconsistent by design. Two kits ordered together can arrive weeks apart depending on origin.
If you want a hands-on hobby with a shorter feedback loop, our crochet bouquet review covers a craft that finishes in an evening rather than a month.
The verdict
Paint With Diamonds is the legitimate end of a category with a lot of noise in it. An exclusive signed artist collection, a consistent full-drill standard, both diamond shapes offered on every design and shipping terms published rather than buried are all marks of a real retailer.
Buy here if you want stained glass artwork that suits the medium, you are happy choosing between round and square, and you check the shipping origin first. Skip it if you need a guaranteed arrival date, or if you want detailed per-product specs before ordering.
For where a finished canvas ends up, our wall art brand review is a useful companion, since a completed diamond painting is ultimately a piece you have to hang. Browse the current designs at Paint With Diamonds.
Paint With Diamonds FAQ
Are Paint With Diamonds kits full drill?
Yes. The current kits are listed as full-drill Diamond Painting Kits, meaning the diamonds cover the whole canvas, and each is offered in your choice of Round or Square diamonds.
How long does delivery take?
It depends on origin. Kits shipping from the USA are quoted at 2-5 business days and kits shipping from China at 12-30 business days. The brand notes that timeframes are not guaranteed and that EU customers may owe additional customs fees and duties.
Is the stained glass artwork exclusive?
The Caleb Smith stained glass designs are listed as available exclusively at Paint With Diamonds, with the artist retaining copyright.