The "Stacking Cards" Effect

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A portfolio section where cards stack sticky at the top as the user scrolls, creating a deck-of-cards effect using GSAP. Category: Animations & Backgrounds. Prompt author listed upstream: Jason Zhou.

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Specimen

Make the work feel finished

One interface, dressed in this style. Compare type, color, radius, and density.

128

Active

4.8

Score

12ms

Edge

Attribution

"The 'Stacking Cards' Effect" from https://github.com/superdesigndev/superdesign-prompts (CC0-1.0). © Superdesign. prompts/the-stacking-cards-effect @ 6c6090694520.

https://github.com/superdesigndev/superdesign-prompts · prompts/the-stacking-cards-effect · 6c6090694520 · © Superdesign

Prompt

The "Stacking Cards" Effect:
> *"As the user scrolls through the [Portfolio], have each card stay sticky at the top, so the next card appears to slide over the previous one like a deck of cards."*

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"The 'Stacking Cards' Effect" from https://github.com/superdesigndev/superdesign-prompts (CC0-1.0). © Superdesign. prompts/the-stacking-cards-effect @ 6c6090694520.
powered by Styledex — https://styledex.dev

Tokens

DTCG

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  "$description": "The \"Stacking Cards\" Effect. \"The 'Stacking Cards' Effect\" from https://github.com/superdesigndev/superdesign-prompts (CC0-1.0). © Superdesign. prompts/the-stacking-cards-effect @ 6c6090694520.",
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  "color": {
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    },
    "foreground": {
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    },
    "card": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": "#f7f5f2"
    },
    "card-foreground": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": "#1c1917"
    },
    "primary": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": "#1d4ed8"
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    "primary-foreground": {
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    "secondary": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": "#e3e1df"
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CSS

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/* "The 'Stacking Cards' Effect" from https://github.com/superdesigndev/superdesign-prompts (CC0-1.0). © Superdesign. prompts/the-stacking-cards-effect @ 6c6090694520. */
:root {
  --background: #f7f5f2;
  --foreground: #1c1917;
  --card: #f7f5f2;
  --card-foreground: #1c1917;
  --primary: #1d4ed8;
  --primary-foreground: #fafaf9;
  --secondary: #e3e1df;
  --secondary-foreground: #1c1917;
  --accent: #1d4ed8;
  --accent-foreground: #fafaf9;
  --muted: #e8e6e3;
  --muted-foreground: #6b6a68;
  --border: #d4d3d0;
  --destructive: #dc2626;
  --ring: #1d4ed8;
  --radius: 0.5rem;
  --font-sans: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-serif: ui-serif, Georgia, serif;
  --font-mono: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
  --spacing: 1rem;
  --shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.06), 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.04);
}

Tailwind

/* powered by Styledex — https://styledex.dev */
/* "The 'Stacking Cards' Effect" from https://github.com/superdesigndev/superdesign-prompts (CC0-1.0). © Superdesign. prompts/the-stacking-cards-effect @ 6c6090694520. */
/** Tailwind theme extend for The "Stacking Cards" Effect (superdesign-the-stacking-cards-effect) */
module.exports = {
  "theme": {
    "extend": {
      "colors": {
        "background": "#f7f5f2",
        "foreground": "#1c1917",
        "card": "#f7f5f2",
        "primary": "#1d4ed8",
        "primary-foreground": "#fafaf9",
        "secondary": "#e3e1df",
        "accent": "#1d4ed8",
        "muted": "#e8e6e3",
        "border": "#d4d3d0",
        "destructive": "#dc2626",
        "ring": "#1d4ed8"
      },
      "borderRadius": {
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      },
      "fontFamily": {
        "sans": [
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          "system-ui",
          "sans-serif"
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        "mono": [
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          "Menlo",
          "monospace"
        ]
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      }
    }
  }
};

shadcn

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/* "The 'Stacking Cards' Effect" from https://github.com/superdesigndev/superdesign-prompts (CC0-1.0). © Superdesign. prompts/the-stacking-cards-effect @ 6c6090694520. */
@layer base {
:root {
  --background: #f7f5f2;
  --foreground: #1c1917;
  --card: #f7f5f2;
  --card-foreground: #1c1917;
  --primary: #1d4ed8;
  --primary-foreground: #fafaf9;
  --secondary: #e3e1df;
  --secondary-foreground: #1c1917;
  --accent: #1d4ed8;
  --accent-foreground: #fafaf9;
  --muted: #e8e6e3;
  --muted-foreground: #6b6a68;
  --border: #d4d3d0;
  --destructive: #dc2626;
  --ring: #1d4ed8;
  --radius: 0.5rem;
  --font-sans: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-serif: ui-serif, Georgia, serif;
  --font-mono: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
  --spacing: 1rem;
  --shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.06), 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.04);
}
}