The first layer of the background is a piece of dark green card stock. The next layer is stamped with a "burlap" background using one side of the Timeless Images Texture Cube #1 and "cocoa" pigment ink. The sunflowers were stamped with #684-F Sunflower/Leaf set using markers and highlighted with watercolors to achieve the shading. Sunflowers and leaves were then cut out and glued on over the burlap texture (some of the sunflowers can be cut in half since only half will be showing). Next, another layer of the dark green card stock was added.

The "shadow box" layer was stamped using Design-A-Frame! #DF-002. This stamp set includes both the sunflower outer frame stamp, and the inner divider/border stamp allowing you to create custom size compartments. First, the outer frame was stamped on speckled ivory card stock and embossed with "chocolate" (brown) Magic Dust embossing powder. Next, the items in the shadow box were created (see next paragraph) and arranged to determine where the "dividers" needed to be placed. The inner dividers of the shadow box were then stamped and embossed with "chocolate". The shadow box was then water colored and cut out with a deckled edge scissors.

In the top two of the four sections of the shadow box, a rectangular piece of the burlap texture (made with Texture Cube #1 and "cocoa" pigment ink) was cut out with a deckled edge and layered on to make a background for the "heart in box" item and the verse. The heart in box at the top was stamped using one side of the Mini-Quilt Cube #1. The verse (#741-C) was stamped using two different colors of marker to create the mottled effect. It was then cut out with a deckled edge and attached over the background. The heart in the bottom left section is simply a scrap of paper cut in a heart shape with deckle edge scissors and washed on the edges with watercolor. The goose is stamp #488-D and was stamped using markers, then cut out and attached in the lower right section.