Roll out your fondant and moisten it with a damp paper towel or paintbrush so it's tacky.
Place your edible image on the fondant.
Trim the image and fondant together with an Xacto knife.
Allow to dry on a piece of foam sponge for a few days.
When you're ready to put it on the cake, glue a lollipop stick or skewer to the back with royal icing or melted chocolate.
I made my ps3 cake tv exactly that way. Let the rollerd and cut fondant+gumpaste dry and then barely dampened it w water and applied the image.
Just to clarify the way I do it...
I don't wait for the fondant or gumpaste to dry before adding the image. I place the image while the fondant is still fresh, then let it all dry together. I think the image bonds better to fresh fondant than to dried. YMMV 
I would think they would both work, however, my thought is you would be better use the fondant before it drys as you will get a better adhereance to it.
I would think they would both work, however, my thought is you would be better use the fondant before it drys as you will get a better adhereance to it.
I will try this out next week - I have several smaller images on one sheet that I planned to cut out and place on small pieces of fondant and adhere to the cake sporadically. I think I will place the images onto the fondant before they dry as the thought of them 'drying together' is appealing.
My question is: with edible images, it's better to place them on a white iced background so that the colors show up better. Is this the same for fondant? I guess I should use a white background so the image is true to its color, huh?
How to make an icing image plaque tutorial:
http://cakecentral.com/articles/page/2
HTH
my edible image is going on fresh pastel yellow fondant- do you guys think using yellow will be an issue? Its a baby blanket with a team logo in EI and the client requested the blanket be yellow.. also- piping gel to adhere? crisco?? this is my first time!
Sure! I do it all the time. Cut your edible image out and attach it to a thin piece of fondant.
The image will adhere to the fondant by applying small amount of water to the fondant first and then attach image.
Here is a cake I did doing it this way...
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/2104267
HTH
Michael
thanks!!! Awesome cake! I did my cake last night- came out ok-- the only challenge was that the "blanket" is draped over the cake- so its not a flat surface... the edible image adhered but it is a bit pulled as a result... I am keeping an eye on it to make sure it doesn't pull any more-- but I think it will be ok. Will post a pic soon!
thanks for your help- I am looking forward to really using this printer!! ~Janean
If you are draping the fondant, try using Sugarveil. Images adhere great to it and it gives a fabric type feel.
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