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CSS3 Box Shadow + CSS2.1 Pseudo Elements

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index.html

<div class="title">
  <h1>Headline1</h1>
  <p>test</p>
  <h1>Headline2</h1>
  <p>test</p>
</div>

style.css

body
{
    font-size: .85em;
    font-family: "Segoe UI", Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
    color: #232323;
    background-color: #ddd;
    background-image: url(images/linedpaper.png);
}

div.title {
position: relative;
z-index: 1; /* prevent shadows falling behind containers with backgrounds */
overflow: hidden;
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 10px;
  
}


div.title h1 {
  clear: both;
  margin: 0 auto;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  padding: 0;
  line-height: 2em;
  text-align: center;
  text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #aaa;
  display: block;
position: relative;
float: left;
width: 20em;
height: 2em;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid #efefef;
background: #fff;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.27), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) inset;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.27), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) inset; 
box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.27), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) inset; }


div.title h1:before,
div.title h1:after {
content: '';
z-index: -1;
position: absolute;
left: 10px;
bottom: 10px;
width: 70%;
max-width: 300px; /* avoid rotation causing ugly appearance at large container widths */
max-height: 100px;
height: 55%;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 8px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 8px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
box-shadow: 0 8px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
-webkit-transform: skew(-15deg) rotate(-3deg);
-moz-transform: skew(-15deg) rotate(-3deg);
-ms-transform: skew(-15deg) rotate(-3deg);
-o-transform: skew(-15deg) rotate(-3deg);
transform: skew(-15deg) rotate(-3deg); }


div.title h1:after {
  clear: both;
left: auto;
right: 10px;
-webkit-transform: skew(15deg) rotate(3deg);
-moz-transform: skew(15deg) rotate(3deg);
-ms-transform: skew(15deg) rotate(3deg);
-o-transform: skew(15deg) rotate(3deg);
transform: skew(15deg) rotate(3deg); }

div.title p{
 clear: both; 
}