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BEST and WORST diamond painting completions of 2025-showing all my diamond painting fails and wins

The Nerdy Painter

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In this video, I’m sharing my BEST and WORST diamond painting completions of 2025—the ones I absolutely loved and the ones that didn’t quite hit the mark.
From stunning finishes to disappointing details, I’m giving my honest thoughts after completing each piece. This is a full diamond painting year review, based on real finishing experience—not just first impressions.
✨ In this video:
• Best diamond paintings I completed in 2025
• Worst / most disappointing finishes
• Honest opinions after completion

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20 Comments

@heatherbirdsill5532 9 months ago

I love mystery canvases, in fact, I wish that all canvases were black and white so I could see the image come to life. My favorite is definitely your mystery kit. I love the bright colors. I appreciate your honesty.

@DrillsAndWhiskers 9 months ago

That’s too bad that the tiger canvases didn’t work out for you… wow the gapping on the first was very noticeable. Gapping and popping drills are the worst.

Your happier finishes are great ❤

@MardiJackson 8 months ago

🐙 I absolutely love the little owl ❤

@Doratheexploer-j4d 7 months ago

Agree with you on the confetti, it has to have a purpose, unnecessary confetti drives me bats!

@alicat61 9 months ago

I had 2 favorites..Welcome to My Garden by Finera, from The One With the Diamond Art, and Little Lizard Garden by Rose Catherine Kahn from Diamond Art Club. My least favorite, by far, was Haunted Manor by Becca Tindol from Art and Soul.

@LittleBrightLittleMoody 8 months ago

New subscriber here! Too bad the hummingbird was such a pain because that image is gorgeous! My fave this year was Moonlight Bath by Randal Spangler and Diamond Art Club. 🐙

@cozywithkarol 9 months ago

:octopus-red-waving:fave finish from last year would be Halloween Bedroom by MrsbutterD, Love the mystery kit finish that you shared!

@Rachel_lyn 9 months ago

I love the Hannah Lynn mermaid. It’s gorgeous. Great job on the special drills. 🧜‍♀️

@PebblezDiamondPainting 9 months ago

Great finishes 💖 My least favourite kit this year is from The One With the Diamond Art - the drills were a whole other level of bad and the painting was missing glue in the middle that I had to fix. Ironically it still looks great finished (as long as I don't look too closely at the drills) but I can't imagine ever pulling out this painting in future and my first thought not being 'oh god, this one...'

I've had problems with DAC's glue on some of my kits, it's tacky but can't properly hold on to them (if I press a drill too closely to it's neighbour when placing the pressure will cause it and a few others to buckle up or pop off) so maybe that's why your kit is losing drills. Such a shame, a beautiful kit and I remember thinking about buying that one myself when it came out 💖:octopus-red-waving:

@EileenBoxer 9 months ago

The mermaid 🧜‍♀️ is beautiful.

@beckiwoodhamsBW 9 months ago

I completed the Eduard mystery and I had not spoiled it for myself, it was a true mystery. And it's stunning. My other top favorite for 2025 is Love Letters Chocolate Shoppe from DAC.

@NathalieMarceau-nx9gp 9 months ago

Pas trop mal fait 👍 bravo et magnifique 🎉😅

@catgranny 9 months ago

Wow! The mystery canvas is beautiful! The colors are amazing! I can't imagine tackling a canvas so large. Do you tend to buy mostly from DAC? I liked the tiger canvases too.

@jollyrogers75 9 months ago

I love that owl! I would love to work on a mystery kit but I can't do squares! :octopus-red-waving:

@marcellareese8853 9 months ago

🐙. Happy New Year.

@AmethystScrolls 9 months ago

My least favorite dp that I completed (I forced myself to finish it) this year was a kit from Make Market called Pink Castle. The huge white background with their square drills looks so bad with terrible gapping and unevenness and yet the castle itself looks fine. On the flip side, one of my favorites was also a MM square kit called Spell Book and, although difficult to work on, the final result was awesome. It's hanging up in my office at work. From DAC, my favorite completion was Window to the Sea by Mikki Senkarik. I have another one from her that I will complete this year called Romance of the Vines. I'm starting off 2026 with a new Spring release Make Market kit called Butterfly and I think it's going to look awesome! Here's to a great year of ahead! 😄🥳🐙

@KylieVella-k5c 9 months ago

🐙my least favourite was Witch’s Bakery
My favourite was Sugar Skull girl

@joseedescoteaux9017 8 months ago

Hello new to your channel 🐙

@wendygleason4425 9 months ago

Happy New Year. New to diamond painting and in my ignorance , ordered Underwater by DAC. It is HUGE.(93 cm x 70 cm) but only has 65 colors. Have some smaller Dreamer kits to take on first. Really enjoy your channel and look forward to your conversation in the new year.

@MichelMcDonald 9 months ago

When I first started diamond painting, I started seeing ads on Facebook with the hummingbird diamond painting and they were using it to compare to brands that were not as high quality as DAC. So, I kind of find it a little amusing that you hated this one so much and there was an issue with gapping and diamonds popping out. I can't really afford to buy DAC, but if I did buy one, I wouldn't be happy at all. The image is gorgeous though, and I love the shine and sparkle, so that's really too bad about that.