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Personalized Photo Coasters + Win an HP Photosmart 7520! #hpcreate (#Giveaway)

A few weeks ago my daughters and I had an awesome opportunity to join the girls from HP over at the Dwell Studio flagship store for an afternoon of crafts and technology. As a family, we already enjoyed creating fun art and often have rainy day crafts or play dates that incorporate crafts. As far as including technology in our crafts, this was new territory for us. Paper, markers, paint, and glue were as techie as we’d get!

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At the HP/Dwell Studio event, I learned new ways to make technology a part of our crafting time with the HP Photosmart 7520 and my smartphone! I couldn’t believe how quick and easy it was to make fun new personalized projects that my preschooler could give as gifts (hint hint – Father’s Day is just around the corner.) The first craft was a photo-coaster (directions below if you would like to make these yourself.) We simply took a photo with our phones, sent it to the printer through WiFi, and completed the rest of the steps outlined below. Don’t have a WiFi capable printer? Don’t worry, because you can win one right here! Let me tell you a little about the HP Photosmart 7520 first.

The HP Photosmart 7520 is an All in One printer/scanner/fax with WiFi capabilities. You no longer have to be wired to your phone or computer to print, all you need is a WiFi connection and you are good to go. With other features such as duplex printing, and individual ink tanks for ink conservation, this printer is all you need for your day to day home office needs. Enter to win one below:

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Personalized Photo Coasters:

Supplies:

  • 4 inch tiles
  • Mod Podge Glossy
  • HP color printer and Original HP Ink and supplies
  • White paint and a small paint brush
  • Ruler and scissors
  • A sheet of felt or fun foam
  • Polyurethane and an applicator (or spray polyurethane)
  • Glue gun or Gorilla Glue

Step 1: Paint the edges of your tiles white

Most white tiles come with a tan edge. You can leave them tan or paint them white to give it a more finished look.

Step 2: Attach the Backing

To keep the tiles from scratching furniture, use a glue gun or Gorilla Glue (or any other heavy duty glue) to apply foam or felt to the back of the coaters. Cut the foam/felt to fit the bottom and use a decent amount of heavy duty glue to attach to the coaster.

Step 3: Choose and Print Your Photos

You will need a 4×4 photo for each coaster. Use your printer to print the photos onto HP 4×6 or 5×7 photo paper and cut it to size.

Step 4: Glue your Photos

Spread a thin, even layer of Mod Podge on the top of your tile. Place your 4×4 image on top of the tile in the center. Make sure to smooth out the photo so that it sticks to the tile! Add a second, thin layer of Mod Podge on top of the photo and smooth it from the center to the edges. Let the Mod Podge dry.

Step 5: Apply your Polyurethane Top Coat

Spray Polyurethane works like a charm and will protect your coasters from moisture! Spray a thin layer on the top and sides of the coasters. You can do as many layers as you want, but make sure the Polyurethane has time to dry between coats. (Note: it’s best to use the spray polyurethane outside of the house if you can)

Step 6: Let Coasters Dry

Once you’ve finished putting your coasters together, let them dry overnight. These make great gifts for birthdays, Father’s Day, and anything in between.

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  1. So many fun possibilities!

  2. i would use this printer to print coupons and pictures of my kids! I need one so bad!

  3. i’d use it to make picture collage boards

  4. everything as don’t have a printer.

  5. I would use it to help start my new business I am starting with my daughter! She wants to be a stay at home mom & I am a full time live-caregiver for my grandparents. Also to print pictures off of my grandparents with their first great great grandchild:)

  6. I’d use it for my pics.

  7. i would print pictures

  8. I would use this awesome printer to print coupons. Thank-you for a great giveaway 🙂

  9. I would print pictures for my photo albums

  10. It’d be great for printing out home photos

  11. Faxing contest affidavits.

  12. I would use this printer for my scrap booking hobby, my daughter’s school work and general printing needs

  13. I would use this printer for the newsletter I do for our town recycling program.

  14. I would use it to print photos to frame and give as gifts.

  16. This would be perfecting for printing pictures for creating my children’s scrap books

  17. I would use this to print out photos and I think the coaster idea is great!

  18. pictures and photo cards

  19. printing my pictures off at home instead of having to ship them off! Would also be nice to be able to make flyers and cards too!

  20. We would make photo collages.

  21. I have a lot of photo related DIY project pinned that I would love to try!

  22. I would give it to my kids to use for there school projects

  23. to print our family pictures

  25. I would use it for pictures and for my son’s school projects.

  27. I want to make family pictures for our living room, we are always moving and things get messed up so would love a couple new projects 😉

  28. I would use it to make the invitations to my son’s wedding.

  29. printing photos and invitations

  30. I would use it for printing photos.

  31. to print photos for my baby books…

  32. I’d make cards and calendars for holidays and events, and print photos and other materials for scrapbooking.

  33. Oh I would use it for everything. 🙂 I would use it to print pictures…I have so many frames that I want to put pictures in and hang up! I also love that its a copier and scanner too! Would be great to print my coupons too!

  34. It would be for my son’s school projects.

  35. I would use it to print my own pictures!

  36. I’d use it to print pictures out to make scrapbooks for gifts.

  37. scrapbooking
    vmkids3 at msn dot com

  38. I’d create awesome picture collages!

  39. I would print photos.

  40. I would love to use it to print out the many pictures that I have on my computer.

  41. I would use it to print pictures and worksheets for my children.

  42. Right now we are doing a scrapbook so it would be great for that and maybe doing collages

  43. Quite frankly, for us the scanner/fax portion is probably the stuff we’d use the MOST. But having a printer (that works) would be a lovely change for us. 🙂

  44. School work for my daughter.

  45. I’d use it for coupons and scrapbooking!

  46. print pictures, make calendars etc

    kport207 at gmail dot com

  47. I’d use it to print out photos to put in frames.

  48. I would use it for the pictures of the grandchildren.

  49. I have so many years of pictures I need to print out, that this would be great. I would really like to make scrap books for my girls. Also, I saw this really cool site that shows you how to print on fabric from a regular printer and that would be neat to try as well. Thank you so much for the wonderful giveaway!

    girlygirlugh at gmail dot com

  50. Scrapbooks

  51. I would use this for scrapbooking!

  52. I love to make Personalized calendars for christmas not sure what else I could make with a premium printer like this

  53. We are wanting to make photo books for the grandparents this year!

  54. I would use this printer for my scrapping and printing of photos

  55. i would print pictures on printable fabric to make a quilt

  56. Been wanting to update family room and individual room pictures.

  57. Of course I would use it to print coupons but I also would use it to print photos and to scan paperwork and fax paperwork to businesses. It would get quite the workout.

  58. My husband would use it for work, to print & fax. I’d use it to print coloring pages and activites to do with my children!

  59. i would use it for scrapbooking and for picture collages.

  60. I’d use it for scrapbooking for my daughters pics.

  61. I’d use this for scrapbooking and work!

  62. Print coupons and work.

  63. Wall prints!

  64. I would print pictures!

  65. I have lots of old photos that I would love to scan

  66. I would print lots of pics of my two little grandsons.

  67. Print tons of pictures, coupons, invitations, and make my own cards.

  68. WOULD BE great to print out vacation and family photos

  69. I wouldd use it for digital scrapbooking!

  70. Well with this printer I think the sky is the limit, there is so many projects you can do with it. If we win, my husband would use it for the business, I would use it to print coupons and pics of my kids, my kids would go crazy printing out coloring pages,etc

  71. Oh, my goodness. My current printer is in “error” mode and I can’t fix it! I’d use this printer for printing and scanning.

  72. I would like to print out some awesome resumes because i am job hunting!

  73. Printing lots of pictures!

  74. I need to fill some of the empty picture frames in my house

  75. I would make very high quality family pictures with this printer!

  76. I would use it to make invitations and other cards

  77. I would finally get some pictures printed. I also would use it to print off recipes and coupons.

  78. I’d print coloring pages for my kids to color then scan the work to send to their grandparents.

  80. Homeschool projects, photos, Christmas crafts. I like to replace all the pictures in the livingroom with holiday pictures/sayings at Christmas. 🙂

  81. I would use it for my nursing papers and family photos as well as the invitations and decor for my son’s 6th birthday party

  83. I’d use it for collages of my kids!

  84. so I could scrapbook

  85. So many options! Crafts with the children, coupons, pictures! Wow. 🙂 Thank you.

  86. Printing thank you cards

  87. I would use the printer for art collage projects, craft patterns and gift tags.

  88. Mydaughters wedding invitations

  89. what a great printer ,it would do nicely for all my office tasks at home and for printing out my family pictures as I am a keen photographer

  90. Boy oh boy I would use it for every project I have been wanting to do. I would start with a scrapbook for my mom for her 78th birthday.

  91. I would print all my photos I’ve been saving up.

  92. pictures and school assignments.

  94. for scrapbooking

  95. I would use it for photos for my scrapbook

  96. schoolwork & greeting cards

  97. printing photos and greeting cards

  98. We would use it for church and scout projects.

  99. I would use it for photo projects with my kids

  100. Baby announcements

  101. to print pics and cards

  102. i would print out my coupons every week

  103. photo calendars

  104. We would make photo frames and photos for the Best Buddies club this year! We would also do the pictures for the club shirts!

  106. I would do lots of stuff including lots of picture projects with the kids

  107. I would use it to print brochures for my business.

  108. I would use it for scrapbooking and projects with my kids.

  109. I would love to use this printer to print new photos of my children for all new photo frames.

  110. I’d use it to print out my daughter’s online drawing creations so that we could frame them in the house. Thanks!

  111. I would use it to print out photos of my daughter and her family….and frame them to give to my mother

  112. I would use it for scrapbooking. But, I am sure I would think of other creative ways to use it. Well I just thought of one. Pins with photos for birthdays.

  113. I’d use it for lots of crafts, for my kids and for Girl Scouts!

  114. i would use it for bumperstickers and cards and there is a site i found for paper dolls cities etc for kids to create!

  115. I would use this for crafts for my daughters and also the coloring pages you can print.

  116. i’d print great looking birthday cards

  117. Scrapbooking..

  118. I need to start printing pictures before I lose my phone again.

  119. homeschool and 4H projects

  120. Scrapbook are summer fun

  121. I’d use it for everything but I’d especially like to print out some photos.

  122. I would use this for my scrapbook photos.

  123. I would use it for pictures.

  124. I would print special prints for personalizing my home.

  125. Pictures- specifically I want to print out all of my mother in laws grands and great grands to make her some ornaments.

  126. I would print out family photos. I would also print out party invites and small posters.

  127. I would use this printer to print out pictures and for our after school projects. We would also use it to make things during the summer so we keep the kids active over the break from school!

  128. I would use to print family pictures!

  129. Scrapbooking and business.

  130. I would use the printer for printing off coupons, craft projects for my daughter and every day printing needs.

  131. Collages, single print photo’s and color pages for my granddaughters.

  132. Love those photo coasters. I would scan and print out a lot of pictures I have of family members and give them for gifts in photo albums. Thanks for having this contest.

  133. I would use it to print photos for the photo collage frames I make.

    rafflecopter name: Laura Proctor Unger

  134. Printing out pictures to frame around the house
    annabella @ centurytel dot net

  135. I use it for pictures.

  136. I would use it for school projects.

  137. I would use it to print out my pictures

  138. I’d like to use this for making some collages.

  139. I finally would print all my photos off my sd cards and put them in an album

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