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Lol i think we have a flower press, VERY EFFECTIVE. Worth buying a cheap one. Great idea.

Well I can certify the flower press works.

If the card warps slightly, i had the idea, that you could iron it! worth a try.

With the immersion method, I'm having trouble finishing the cards. Once I put them in the book and have changed the pages a few times I've left the card to dry, but I'm unsure as to how long to leave it because none of the cards that I've brought out so far have been perfect. Some have warped some have bent and others are just rubbish!

However, I think I've got my method up to that point down and I've found that to get a close to perfect card the "joining" procedure must be pretty thourough.

When you place the layers together it is important to ensure the borders match and that there are no bubbles under the surface. The last few cards I have made thouroughly have come out close to perfect.

I can also vouch for ironing the cards but again a procedure must be followed.

Firstly the cards must be as dry as possible. If there is any moisture still within the card it will try to evaporate and create air pockets in beneath the surface. Trust me I know . Once the card has been ironed you have about five seconds to get it straight. I did this by quickly puting it between the pages of a heavy book and then appling pressure to the book. The card will cool down quickly and assume a more usable shape. I havn't got a perfect card from this method but I think it is possible if you use a harder surface to press the card between. The paper is too soft and will bend under pressure making the card bend with it.

I would suggest ironing your card only if it is dry and hence cannot be bent into a usable shape manually.

I took some pictures on saterday, but my camera's rechargable batteries ran out so I wasn't able to finnish the series. So I charged the batteries and trying to find time to finnish the rest of the pictures. Right now I'm going to just put up the pictures i've already taken. Just remember there is more to come. I hope I can get this together by the end of tuesday, so just hold on a bit longer.

One more thing. I know there are books and dvds out explaing how to make your own gaffs like this. I myself haven't seen any of them, so if anyone who has let me know if this method is explained, so I can take it down... I dont want anyone losing money because im telling everyne how to do there proccess. If any of you moderators think I should be worried, I'm sure you'll let me know.

Ill post the link when the site is ready tuesday. (hopefully)

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pictures i still need to take:
loading the cards
drying process[/i]