A Pen by Joao Nascimento.

index.html

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:300,400,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

<div class="row">
	<ul class="items">
		<li>
			<a href="#">
				<figure>
					<img src="http://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/338979/screenshots/1448595/arctic_express.png"/>
					<h1 class="title">Lorem ipsum</h1>
					<div class="description">
						<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce cursus tristique nibh quis commodo. Pellentesque fringilla purus ut nulla imperdiet.</p> <!-- / description -->
					</div>
				</figure>
			</a> 
		</li>
		<li>
			<a href="#">
				<figure>
					<img src="http://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/108457/screenshots/1448307/icon.png"/>
					<h1 class="title">Lorem ipsum</h1>
					<div class="description">
						<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce cursus tristique nibh quis commodo. Pellentesque fringilla purus ut nulla imperdiet.</p> <!-- / description -->
					</div>
				</figure>
			</a> 
		</li>
		<li>
			<a href="#">
				<figure>
					<img src="http://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/133715/screenshots/1448155/wagon2.png"/>
					<h1 class="title">Lorem ipsum</h1>
					<div class="description">
						<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce cursus tristique nibh quis commodo. Pellentesque fringilla purus ut nulla imperdiet.</p> <!-- / description -->
					</div>
				</figure>
			</a> 
		</li>
	</ul>
</div>

Mighty-Hover-Effect.markdown

Mighty Hover Effect

CSS hover effect

A Pen by Joao Nascimento on CodePen.

License.

style.scss

@import "compass";
body {
    font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 300;
    background-color: #f5f5f5;
}
$color: #87d3b7;

.row {
    width: 1024px;
    margin: 30px auto;
}

/* Mighty Hover
 * -------------------------- */
 ul.items {
    width: 100%;
    display: table;
    
    li {
        float: left;
        width: 31.33%;
        text-align: center;
        margin-right: 3%;
        display: block;

        figure {
            position: relative;
            overflow: hidden;
            background: $color;
            text-align: center;
            border-bottom: 2px solid $color;
            width: 100%;

          img {
              width: 100%;
              -webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.3s ease-out, opacity 0.3s;
              transition: transform 0.3s ease-out, opacity 0.3s;
              -moz-transition: -moz-transform 0.3s ease-out, opacity 0.3s;
              -ms-transition: -ms-transform 0.3s ease-out, opacity 0.3s;
            }
        } // figure

        a {
            display: block;
            width: 100%;
            height: 100%;

            &:hover .description {
                -webkit-transform: translate(0, 0);
                -moz-transform: translate(0, 0);
                transform: translate(0, 0);
            }

            &:hover .title {
                -webkit-transform: translate(0, -73px);
                -moz-transform: translate(0, -73px);
                transform: translate(0, -73px);
            }

            &:hover img {
                opacity: 0.3;
                -webkit-transform: translate(0, -30px);
                -moz-transform: translate(0, -30px);
                transform: translate(0, -30px);
            }
        } // a

        &:last-of-type {
            margin-right: 0px;
        }
    }
 }


h1.title {
    display: table-cell;
    width: 100%;
    font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 20px;
    color: $color;
    line-height: 2.7;
    text-align: center;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    z-index: 3;
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 0 10px;
    display: block;
    -webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.4s, color 0.3s;
    -moz-transition: -moz-transform 0.4s, color 0.3s;
    transition: transform 0.4s, color 0.3s;
    border-top: 2px solid $color;

    &:after {
        content: '';
        position: absolute;
        top: 100%;
        left: 0;
        right: 0;
        height: 100px;
        background: #ffffff;
        width: 100%;
    }
} // title

.description {
    display: table-cell;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    width: 100%;
    -webkit-transform: translate(0, 100%);
    -moz-transform: translate(0, 100%);
    transform: translate(0, 100%);
    z-index: 4;
    -webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.25s;
    -moz-transition: -moz-transform 0.25s;
    transition: transform 0.25s;

    p {
        display: block;
        height: 80px;
        overflow: hidden;
        color: #a8a8a8;
        margin: 0;
        font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
        font-weight: 300;
        font-size: 15px;
        line-height: 1.3;
        padding: 0 7px;
    }
} // description