For anyone else experiencing unexpected morphs and shifting positions, the solution is straight forward.
In your graphics editing software, what you will want to find is an option to flatten transforms when exporting. Background rectangles don't always fix transform issues.
Appreciate the replies @PointC, but your original reply suggested adding a box which does not address the issues. Your latter suggestion points out the transform issues, appreciate it but found it while addressing the box issue which did not help.
