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  <h1>The Masonry!</h1>
  <p>All images are from <a href="http://unsplash.com" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></p>
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  <p>Ideas / Inspiration: <a href="http://erikjohanssonphoto.com/work/imagecats/personal/" target="_blank">[1]</a> <a href="http://www.ted.com/" target="_blank">[2]</a></p>
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@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,300,600);

html body * {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;
}
.gridywrap div[class*=gridy] {
  background: #eee;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px #ddd;
  padding: 15px; float: left;
  position: relative;
}
.gridywrap .gridy-1,
.gridywrap .gridy-2,
.gridywrap .gridy-3 {width: 320px;
  overflow: hidden;}

.gridywrap .gridy-1 {width: 100%;}
.gridywrap .gridy-2 {width: 100%;}
.gridywrap .gridy-3 {width: 100%;}

.gridywrap .gridyhe-1 {height: 320px;}
.gridywrap .gridyhe-2 {height: 320px;}


@media screen and (min-width: 640px) {
  .gridywrap .gridyhe-2 {height: 320px;}
  .gridywrap {
    width: 100%;
  }
  .gridywrap .gridy-1 {width: 50%;}
  .gridywrap .gridy-2 {width: 50%;}
  .gridywrap .gridy-3 {width: 100%;}
}
@media screen and (min-width: 1024px) {
  .gridywrap .gridy-1 {width: 33.3%;}
  .gridywrap .gridy-2 {width: 66.6%;}
  .gridywrap .gridy-3 {width: 100%;}
  .gridywrap .gridyhe-2 {height: 640px;}
}

/*styling*/
.gridywrap .gridimg {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-position: center center;
  background-size: cover;
}
.gridywrap .gridimg img {
  width: 100%;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  background: rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
  text-align: center;
  transition: all 0.8s;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo h3 {
  font-size: 24px;
  color: #fff;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  margin: 130px 0 20px;
  position: relative;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo h3:after {
  content: '';
  width: 25px;
  border-top: 4px solid #fff;
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto;
  margin-top: 25px;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo .gridmeta {
  transition-delay: 0.25s;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo .gridmeta p {
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: 13px;
  color: #fff;
  margin-bottom: 15px;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo .gridmeta p i {
  margin-right: 5px;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo .gridmeta p.gridwho {
  margin-left: 25px;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo p.gridexerpt {
  width: 60%;
  margin: 0 auto;
  line-height: 22px;
  margin-bottom: 25px;
  color: #fff;
  transition-delay: 0.5s;
}

.gridywrap .gridinfo * {
  opacity: 0;
  transition: all 0.8s;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo h3 {
  opacity: 1;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo .grid-btn {
  color: #fff;
  text-decoration: none;
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 35px;
  height: 35px;
  line-height: 35px;
  border-radius: 25px;
  border: 1px solid #fff; 
  display: block;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo .grid-btn:hover {
  width: 75px;
  background: rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo .grid-btn span {
  opacity: 0;
  display: none;
  transition: opacity 0.8s;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo .grid-btn:hover span {
  opacity: 1;
  display: inline;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo .grid-btn:hover i {
  opacity: 0;
  display: none;
}

.gridywrap .gridinfo:hover * {
  opacity: 0.7;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo:hover p {
  opacity: 1;
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo:hover {
  background: rgba(158, 12, 73, 0.7);
}
.gridywrap .gridinfo:hover h3 {
  margin-top: 70px;
  opacity: 1;
}

.intro {
  text-align: center;
  padding: 25px;
  background: #111;
  color: #ddd;
}
h1 {
  font-size: 48px;
  font-weight: 300;
  padding: 15px 0;
}
.intro p {
  opacity: 0.5;
  font-size: 12px;
}
.intro p a {
  color: #FA8CD3;
}

External CSS

  1. //maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css

External JavaScript

  1. //cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js