I had die-cut some leaves for a double easel card and when I looked at the cut-out leaf frames I thought to make this card. I used stitched square dies to trim around the leaves' negative spaces and then used Stampin' Dimensionals to attach them to the card.
The sentiment was selectively inked with Early Espresso ink (I wanted just the word "thanks") and stamped on a scrap of the Gilded Autumn DSP.