Flip is a great JQuery plugin for flipping blocks, but it doesn't preserve the background while it animates the flip.

For example, I have this pretty background, here, before I flip. While flipping, it gets ugly: here.

Is there a way I can flip this div nicely, keeping the pretty background I have, and maybe even achieve a smoother animation than I can get with Flip?

If I need to dive into this headfirst and code my own function for flipping a div, that's also doable, and I'd really appreciate some pointer there, if that's what I must do.

Thanks so much!