I began with an A2 size card base made from dark brown cardstock. I then trimmed down a panel from white cardstock to stamp my images on. I used my MISTI stamping tool to get a great stamped image and to help with the layering process. You don't need a MISTI to use these stamps. I stamped two trees, the ascending brick steps and the deer. I then die cut using stitched rectangle dies a frame to make the shaker element of my card out of white cardstock. I used foam strips and acetate to pop up and enclose my shaker bits. I adhered the stamped panel to the card base, then the shaker bits and last the frame with the acetate and foam strips on top.I then die cut the Merry & Bright sentiment from white and dark brown cardstock. I trimmed out the ampersand and glued it on top of the white one. I then adhered the sentiment directly onto the acetate along with the heat embossed sub-sentiment stamps on to more dark brown cardstock.