<div class="container">
  <div class="info">
    <h1>Article News Card</h1><span>Made with <i class='fa fa-heart animated infinite pulse'></i> by <a href='http://andy.design'>Andy Tran</a> | Designed by <a href='http://justinkwak.com'>JustinKwak</a></span>
  </div>
  <!-- Normal Demo-->
  <div class="column">
    <div class="demo-title">Normal</div>
    <!-- Post-->
    <div class="post-module">
      <!-- Thumbnail-->
      <div class="thumbnail">
        <div class="date">
          <div class="day">27</div>
          <div class="month">Mar</div>
        </div><img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/169963/photo-1429043794791-eb8f26f44081.jpeg"/>
      </div>
      <!-- Post Content-->
      <div class="post-content">
        <div class="category">Photos</div>
        <h1 class="title">City Lights in New York</h1>
        <h2 class="sub_title">The city that never sleeps.</h2>
        <p class="description">New York, the largest city in the U.S., is an architectural marvel with plenty of historic monuments, magnificent buildings and countless dazzling skyscrapers.</p>
        <div class="post-meta"><span class="timestamp"><i class="fa fa-clock-">o</i> 6 mins ago</span><span class="comments"><i class="fa fa-comments"></i><a href="#"> 39 comments</a></span></div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <!-- Hover Demo-->
  <div class="column">
    <div class="demo-title">Hover</div>
    <!-- Post-->
    <div class="post-module hover">
      <!-- Thumbnail-->
      <div class="thumbnail">
        <div class="date">
          <div class="day">27</div>
          <div class="month">Mar</div>
        </div><img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/169963/photo-1429043794791-eb8f26f44081.jpeg"/>
      </div>
      <!-- Post Content-->
      <div class="post-content">
        <div class="category">Photos</div>
        <h1 class="title">City Lights in New York</h1>
        <h2 class="sub_title">The city that never sleeps.</h2>
        <p class="description">New York, the largest city in the U.S., is an architectural marvel with plenty of historic monuments, magnificent buildings and countless dazzling skyscrapers.</p>
        <div class="post-meta"><span class="timestamp"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> 6 mins ago</span><span class="comments"><i class="fa fa-comments"></i><a href="#"> 39 comments</a></span></div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
@import 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/t-97/variables.less';
@import 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/169963/mixins.less';
@accent: #e74c3c;

@container_width: 800px;

body {
  background: darken(@white, 5%);
  font-family: 'proxima-nova-soft', sans-serif;
  font-size: 14px;
  .font-smoothing;
}

.post-module {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  display: block;
  background: @white;
  min-width: 270px;
  height: 470px;
  .box-shadow;
  .transitions;
  &:hover {
    .box-shadow(@blur: 35px; @color: fade(@black, 30%););
    .thumbnail {
      img {
        -webkit-transform: scale(1.1);
        -moz-transform: scale(1.1);
        transform: scale(1.1);
        opacity: .6;
      }
    }
    .post-content {
    }
  }
  .thumbnail {
    background: @black;
    height: 400px;
    overflow: hidden;
    .date {
      position: absolute;
      top: 20px;
      right: 20px;
      z-index: 1;
      background: @accent;
      width: 55px;
      height: 55px;
      padding: 12.5px 0;
      .border-radius(100%);
      color: @white;
      font-weight: 700;
      text-align: center;
      .box-size;
      .day {
        font-size: 18px;
      }
      .month {
        font-size: 12px;
        text-transform: uppercase;
      }
    }
    img {
      display: block;
      width: 120%;
      .transitions;
    }
  }
  .post-content {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    background: @white;
    width: 100%;
    padding: 30px;
    .box-size;
    .transitions(@timing: cubic-bezier(.37,.75,.61,1.05));
    .category {
      position: absolute;
      top: -34px;
      left: 0;
      background: @accent;
      padding: 10px 15px;
      color: @white;
      font-size: 14px;
      font-weight: 600;
      text-transform: uppercase;
    }
    .title {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0 0 10px;
      color: @dark_gray;
      font-size: 26px;
      font-weight: 700;
    }
    .sub_title {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0 0 20px;
      color: @accent;
      font-size: 20px;
      font-weight: 400;
    }
    .description {
      display: none;
      color: @gray;
      font-size: 14px;
      line-height: 1.8em;
    }
    .post-meta {
      margin: 30px 0 0;
      color: @light_gray;
      .timestamp {
        margin: 0 16px 0 0;
      }
      a {
        color: @light_gray;
        text-decoration: none;
      }
    }
  }
}

.hover {
  &:extend(.post-module:hover all);
  .post-content {
    .description {
      display: block !important;
      height: auto !important;
      opacity: 1 !important;
    }
  }
}



.container {
  max-width: @container_width;
  min-width: 640px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  &:before,
  &:after {
    content: '';
    display: block;
    clear: both;
  }
  .column {
    width: 50%;
    padding: 0 25px;
    .box-size;
    float: left;
    .demo-title {
      margin: 0 0 15px;
      color: @gray;
      font-size: 18px;
      font-weight: bold;
      text-transform: uppercase;
    }
  }
  .info {
    width: 300px;
    margin: 50px auto;
    text-align: center;
    h1 {
      margin: 0 0 15px;
      padding: 0;
      font-size: 24px;
      font-weight: 400;
      color: @dark_gray;
    }
    span {
      color: @gray;
      font-size: 12px;
      a {
        color: @black;
        text-decoration: none;
      }
      .fa {
        color: @accent;
      }
    }
  }
}
View Compiled
$(window).load(function() {
  $('.post-module').hover(function() {
    $(this).find('.description').stop().animate({
      height: "toggle",
      opacity: "toggle"
    }, 300);
  });
});
Run Pen

External CSS

  1. https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.2.0/css/font-awesome.min.css
  2. https://codepen.io/andytran/pen/vLmRVp.js

External JavaScript

  1. //cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js
  2. https://codepen.io/andytran/pen/vLmRVp.js