Change portfolio

Hello,

I want to change my portfolio which is the current one in below image:

http://i62.tinypic.com/vpkk1f.png

to be something like the one below, I want the viewer when his mouse over the portfolio image he can press on it and go to the page to view the work, not like the one I have which he must click on the link icon in order to view the work, Also I want some sort of CSS effect (zoom effect on the image on mouse over), If you can please guide me through how to do this.

This is the effect I want to acheive (As you can see any where you click it will take you to the post, plus it has the zoom effect)

http://i61.tinypic.com/25tg2h5.png