Creative Mayhem: Concord & 9th Triple-Step Happy Day Card Series

Featured Card

Handmade birthday card created with the Concord & 9th Triple-Step Happy Day stamp set, using a triple-step stamping technique in pastel green, coral, and yellow, with layered floral designs on white cardstock.

Soft pastel green, coral, and yellow come together in this handmade birthday card, created using the Concord & 9th Triple-Step Happy Day stamp set. The triple-step stamping technique makes layering colour and florals so easy and effective

Behind the Featured card and More

Post 1 in my Concord & 9th Triple-Step Happy Day Card Series introduces the stamp set and triple-step stamping technique, includes a short video demonstration, and showcases handmade birthday cards in coral, mint, and tangerine colour palettes.

Concord and 9th have some truly gorgeous products, and the moment I saw the Triple-Step Happy Day stamps and dies, it was love at first sight. The multi-layered stamping and those fabulous patterned overlays stamps for the letters, were just so much fun to play with.

What is Triple Step Stamping

In these cards, triple-step stamping involves using three separate stamps to create a single sentiment—Oh, Happy Day—along with the accompanying flowers.

Each of the three stamps is made up of a collection of letters and floral elements that all sit next to each other. When stamped in sequence, they form one complete image. In the stamp set shown below, these three stamps are shown with grey shading to indicate that they are joined together. The remaining images and words, shown without the grey background, are single, standalone stamps.

Here is a video showing this process.

A Quick Heads-Up

If you’re diving into triple-step stamping—especially with the stamp that has the scalloped edge—it’s worth knowing that large, irregularly shaped acrylic stamps can stretch when repeatedly removed from a stamp positioner like a MISTI.

This happened to me over time, and eventually the stamps stopped aligning properly. In hindsight, I should have been more careful when removing the stamps from the positioner, and since I own three stamp positioners, I would use all three in future so the stamps can remain in place.

That said, stamp stretching isn’t unique to Concord & 9th. It’s something I’ve experienced with many acrylic stamps, regardless of brand. Acrylic stamps are far more affordable than red rubber stamps—which don’t stretch—so it really comes down to personal preference and budget.

As usual, I went a little stamping-crazy and ended up with a whole stack of cards. Experimenting with different colour combinations was such a joy, and I was genuinely surprised by how well some colours worked together. I even pulled out a few ink pads from my stash that are over ten years old. It was lovely to give them a new lease on life—although, sadly, a few ink pads had not survived the test of time and ended up in the bin.

I’ve created many posts featuring cards made with the Triple-Step Happy Day stamps and dies. If you’re enjoying this series, be sure to check out the others too! The links are at the bottom of this post.