# Image and text cards section

Source: https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/reference/sections/stack-cards/
Updated: 2026-11-12

Full-color cards that stick and stack on top of each other, scaling and dimming as the next one covers them.


Full-color cards that stick and stack on top of each other, scaling and dimming as the next one covers them.

The same section in the three themes:

![The Image and text cards section in the Picante style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/section-stack-cards--picante.webp)

![The Image and text cards section in the Overdrive style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/section-stack-cards--overdrive.webp)

![The Image and text cards section in the Pastille style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/section-stack-cards--pastille.webp)

**Where to find it:** In the theme editor, choose **Add section** on any template, then pick **Image and text cards**.

The heading area is a static block named **Section header**. Select it in the section sidebar to edit the eyebrow, heading, text and buttons, or to restyle or reorder them.

When you add this section, it starts from the **Image and text cards** preset.

## Settings

### Cards

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Height | Slider | 70 % | 40 to 90 %, step 5 | Share of the screen height on desktop. Cards grow with their content on mobile. |
| Corner radius | Slider | 40 px | 0 to 80 px, step 4 |  |
| Gap | Slider | 24 px | 0 to 80 px, step 4 |  |
| Media position | Select | Right | Left, Right |  |
| Alternate media side | Checkbox | On |  |  |
| Show numbers | Checkbox | On |  |  |

### Stacking effect

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Distance from the top | Slider | 16 px | 0 to 120 px, step 4 | Space between the header and the pinned card. |
| Space between stacked cards | Slider | 12 px | 0 to 40 px, step 2 | How far each pinned card sits below the one before it, so the edges stay visible. |
| Shrink when covered | Slider | 6 % | 0 to 20 %, step 1 |  |
| Fade when covered | Slider | 20 % | 0 to 60 %, step 5 |  |
| Stack on mobile | Checkbox | On |  | Turn off for long card text, so cards never cut it off on small screens. |

### Section style

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Color scheme | Color scheme | Scheme 1 |  |  |
| Layout width | Select | Page width | Page width, Full width |  |
| Animation on scroll | Select | Theme default | Theme default, None, Fade, Slide up, Scale in, Wipe, Blur in |  |
| Top padding | Slider | 80 px | 0 to 200 px, step 8 |  |
| Bottom padding | Slider | 80 px | 0 to 200 px, step 8 |  |

## Blocks

Add, reorder, duplicate or remove these blocks in the section sidebar: **Section header**, **Card**.

This section holds up to 8 blocks.

### Section header block settings

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Layout | Select | Stacked | Stacked, Split: content left, button right |  |
| Alignment | Select | Left | Left, Center, Right | Shown when **Layout** is Stacked. |
| Max width | Select | None | None, Narrow, Normal |  |
| Gap | Slider | 12 px | 0 to 64 px, step 4 |  |
| Space below | Slider | 48 px | 0 to 120 px, step 4 |  |
| Animation on scroll | Select | None | Theme default, None, Fade, Slide up, Scale in, Wipe, Blur in |  |


### Card block settings

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Show media | Checkbox | On |  |  |
| Image | Image |  |  | Shown when **Show media** is on. |
| Vertical alignment | Select | Bottom | Top, Middle, Bottom | Bottom places the card number at the top and the content at the bottom. |

#### Colors and border

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Color scheme | Color scheme | Scheme 2 |  |  |