blog card using html and css

Blog Cards with zoom-in hover effect using HTML and CSS

Share your love

Welcome, fellow coders! Are you ready to add some visual flair to your blog posts? In this tutorial, we’ll be creating stylish blog cards with an eye-catching zoom-in hover effect using HTML and CSS. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a sleek design that will make your blog posts stand out from the crowd. Whether you’re a blogger or a web developer looking to enhance your web design skills, this tutorial is perfect for you. So, let’s roll up our sleeves and get creative with HTML and CSS!

I would recommend you don’t just copy and paste the code, just look at the code and type by understanding it.

HTML Code 

Starter Template

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <!-- Required meta tags -->
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

    <!-- Font Awesome CDN  -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.14.0/css/all.min.css"
        integrity="sha512-1PKOgIY59xJ8Co8+NE6FZ+LOAZKjy+KY8iq0G4B3CyeY6wYHN3yt9PW0XpSriVlkMXe40PTKnXrLnZ9+fkDaog=="
        crossorigin="anonymous" />

    <!-- CSS -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">

    <title>Blog Cards with Hover Effect using HTML & CSS - Coding Torque</title>
</head>

<body>
   <!-- Further code here -->
</body>

</html>

Paste the below code in your <body> tag.

<section class="cards">
    <article class="card card--1">
        <div class="card__info-hover">
            <svg class="card__like" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
                <path fill="#000000"
                    d="M12.1,18.55L12,18.65L11.89,18.55C7.14,14.24 4,11.39 4,8.5C4,6.5 5.5,5 7.5,5C9.04,5 10.54,6 11.07,7.36H12.93C13.46,6 14.96,5 16.5,5C18.5,5 20,6.5 20,8.5C20,11.39 16.86,14.24 12.1,18.55M16.5,3C14.76,3 13.09,3.81 12,5.08C10.91,3.81 9.24,3 7.5,3C4.42,3 2,5.41 2,8.5C2,12.27 5.4,15.36 10.55,20.03L12,21.35L13.45,20.03C18.6,15.36 22,12.27 22,8.5C22,5.41 19.58,3 16.5,3Z" />
            </svg>
            <div class="card__clock-info">
                <svg class="card__clock" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
                    <path
                        d="M12,20A7,7 0 0,1 5,13A7,7 0 0,1 12,6A7,7 0 0,1 19,13A7,7 0 0,1 12,20M19.03,7.39L20.45,5.97C20,5.46 19.55,5 19.04,4.56L17.62,6C16.07,4.74 14.12,4 12,4A9,9 0 0,0 3,13A9,9 0 0,0 12,22C17,22 21,17.97 21,13C21,10.88 20.26,8.93 19.03,7.39M11,14H13V8H11M15,1H9V3H15V1Z" />
                </svg><span class="card__time">15 min</span>
            </div>

        </div>
        <div class="card__img"></div>
        <a href="#" class="card_link">
            <div class="card__img--hover"></div>
        </a>
        <div class="card__info">
            <span class="card__category"> Recipe</span>
            <h3 class="card__title">Crisp Spanish tortilla Matzo brei</h3>
            <span class="card__by">by <a href="#" class="card__author" title="author">Celeste Mills</a></span>
        </div>
    </article>


    <article class="card card--2">
        <div class="card__info-hover">
            <svg class="card__like" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
                <path fill="#000000"
                    d="M12.1,18.55L12,18.65L11.89,18.55C7.14,14.24 4,11.39 4,8.5C4,6.5 5.5,5 7.5,5C9.04,5 10.54,6 11.07,7.36H12.93C13.46,6 14.96,5 16.5,5C18.5,5 20,6.5 20,8.5C20,11.39 16.86,14.24 12.1,18.55M16.5,3C14.76,3 13.09,3.81 12,5.08C10.91,3.81 9.24,3 7.5,3C4.42,3 2,5.41 2,8.5C2,12.27 5.4,15.36 10.55,20.03L12,21.35L13.45,20.03C18.6,15.36 22,12.27 22,8.5C22,5.41 19.58,3 16.5,3Z" />
            </svg>
            <div class="card__clock-info">
                <svg class="card__clock" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
                    <path
                        d="M12,20A7,7 0 0,1 5,13A7,7 0 0,1 12,6A7,7 0 0,1 19,13A7,7 0 0,1 12,20M19.03,7.39L20.45,5.97C20,5.46 19.55,5 19.04,4.56L17.62,6C16.07,4.74 14.12,4 12,4A9,9 0 0,0 3,13A9,9 0 0,0 12,22C17,22 21,17.97 21,13C21,10.88 20.26,8.93 19.03,7.39M11,14H13V8H11M15,1H9V3H15V1Z" />
                </svg><span class="card__time">5 min</span>
            </div>

        </div>
        <div class="card__img"></div>
        <a href="#" class="card_link">
            <div class="card__img--hover"></div>
        </a>
        <div class="card__info">
            <span class="card__category"> Travel</span>
            <h3 class="card__title">Discover the sea</h3>
            <span class="card__by">by <a href="#" class="card__author" title="author">John Doe</a></span>
        </div>
    </article>
</section>

Output Till Now

CSS Code 

Create a file style.css and paste the code below.

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto+Slab:100,300,400,700");
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Raleway:300,300i,400,400i,500,500i,600,600i,700,700i,800,800i,900,900i");

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body,
html {
  font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif;
  margin: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  padding: 0;
}

body {
  background-color: #d2dbdd;
  display: flex;
  display: -webkit-flex;
  -webkit-justify-content: center;
  -webkit-align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

.cards {
  width: 100%;
  display: flex;
  display: -webkit-flex;
  justify-content: center;
  -webkit-justify-content: center;
  max-width: 820px;
}

.card--1 .card__img,
.card--1 .card__img--hover {
  background-image: url("https://images.pexels.com/photos/45202/brownie-dessert-cake-sweet-45202.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&h=750&w=1260");
}

.card--2 .card__img,
.card--2 .card__img--hover {
  background-image: url("https://images.pexels.com/photos/307008/pexels-photo-307008.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&h=750&w=1260");
}

.card__like {
  width: 18px;
}

.card__clock {
  width: 15px;
  vertical-align: middle;
  fill: #ad7d52;
}
.card__time {
  font-size: 12px;
  color: #ad7d52;
  vertical-align: middle;
  margin-left: 5px;
}

.card__clock-info {
  float: right;
}

.card__img {
  visibility: hidden;
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  width: 100%;
  height: 235px;
  border-top-left-radius: 12px;
  border-top-right-radius: 12px;
}

.card__info-hover {
  position: absolute;
  padding: 16px;
  width: 100%;
  opacity: 0;
  top: 0;
}

.card__img--hover {
  transition: 0.2s all ease-out;
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  width: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  height: 235px;
  border-top-left-radius: 12px;
  border-top-right-radius: 12px;
  top: 0;
}
.card {
  margin-right: 25px;
  transition: all 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.175, 0.885, 0, 1);
  background-color: #fff;
  width: 33.3%;
  position: relative;
  border-radius: 12px;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: 0px 13px 10px -7px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
.card:hover {
  box-shadow: 0px 30px 18px -8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
  transform: scale(1.1, 1.1);
}

.card__info {
  z-index: 2;
  background-color: #fff;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 12px;
  border-bottom-right-radius: 12px;
  padding: 16px 24px 24px 24px;
}

.card__category {
  font-family: "Raleway", sans-serif;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 13px;
  letter-spacing: 2px;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #868686;
}

.card__title {
  margin-top: 5px;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif;
}

.card__by {
  font-size: 12px;
  font-family: "Raleway", sans-serif;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.card__author {
  font-weight: 600;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #ad7d52;
}

.card:hover .card__img--hover {
  height: 100%;
  opacity: 0.3;
}

.card:hover .card__info {
  background-color: transparent;
  position: relative;
}

.card:hover .card__info-hover {
  opacity: 1;
}

Output Till Now

blog card using html and css

Written by: Piyush Patil

Code Credits: @veronicadev

If you have any doubts or any project ideas feel free to Contact Us

Hope you find this post helpful💖

Share your love

Related Posts