A CodePen by Michael Arestad. Text input love - I wanted to play with some input styles that don't rely on hover, don't add clutter, show the label at all times, and show placeholder text when it is actually relevant.

text-input-love.html

<div class="row">
  <p>Click every input.</p>
</div>
<div class="row">
  <span>
    <input class="basic-slide" id="name" type="text" placeholder="Your best name" /><label for="name">Name</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="basic-slide" id="email" type="text" placeholder="Your favorite email" /><label for="email">Email</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="basic-slide" id="phone" type="text" placeholder="You can trust us" /><label for="phone">Phone</label>
  </span>
</div>
<div class="row">
  <span>
    <input class="clean-slide" id="age" type="text" placeholder="Go for the high score!" /><label for="age">Age</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="clean-slide" id="height" type="text" placeholder="Heels count" /><label for="height">Height</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="clean-slide" id="weight" type="text" placeholder="Go ahead and lie" /><label for="weight">Weight</label>
  </span>
</div>
<div class="row">
  <span>
    <input class="gate" id="class" type="text" placeholder="Wizard!" /><label for="class">Class</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="gate" id="element" type="text" placeholder="Five to choose from" /><label for="element">Element</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="gate" id="move" type="text" placeholder="Secret book attack!" /><label for="move">Move</label>
  </span>
</div>
<div class="row">
  <span>
    <input class="skinny" id="english" type="text" placeholder="Do you speak it?" /><label for="english">English</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="skinny" id="burger" type="text" placeholder="A Royale with cheese?" /><label for="burger">Burger</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="skinny" id="wallet" type="text" placeholder="Bad Mother****er" /><label for="wallet">Wallet</label>
  </span>
</div>
<div class="row">
  <span>
    <input class="slide-up" id="card" type="text" placeholder="Fund me!" /><label for="card">Credit Card</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="slide-up" id="expires" type="text" placeholder="Month Day, Year" /><label for="expires">Expires</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="slide-up" id="security" type="text" placeholder="Public" /><label for="security">Security Code</label>
  </span>
</div>
<div class="row">
  <span>
    <input class="card-slide" id="knock" type="text" placeholder="Who's there?" /><label for="knock">Knock knock</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="card-slide" id="max" type="text" placeholder="Max who?" /><label for="max">Max</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="card-slide" id="out" type="text" placeholder="Sunuva..." /><label for="out">Maxed out card ;)</label>
  </span>
</div>
<div class="row">
  <span>
    <input class="swing" id="artist" type="text" placeholder="BO$$" /><label for="artist">Artist</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="swing" id="song" type="text" placeholder="I don't give a ****" /><label for="song">Song</label>
  </span>
  <span>
    <input class="swing" id="eyes" type="text" placeholder="Crazy" /><label for="eyes">Eyes</label>
  </span>
</div>

z-style.scss

@import "compass";
@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,700,600,300,800);

* {
  box-size: border-box;
}
html,
body {
  overflow-x: hidden;
  font-family: "Open Sans", sans;
  font-weight: 300;
  color: #fff;
  background: #efefef;
}
@mixin epic-sides() { // http://codepen.io/MichaelArestad/pen/qltuk
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;

    &:before {
        position: absolute;
        content: "";
        display: block;
        top: 0;
        left: -5000px;
        height: 100%;
        width: 15000px;
        z-index: -1;
        @content;
    }
}
.row {
  max-width: 800px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 60px 30px;
  background: #032429;
  @include epic-sides() {background: inherit;}
  text-align: center;
  
  &:first-child {
    padding: 40px 30px;
  }
  &:nth-child(2),
  &:nth-child(8) {
    background: #134A46;
  }
  &:nth-child(3),
  &:nth-child(7) {
    background: #377D6A;
  }
  &:nth-child(4),
  &:nth-child(6) {
    background: #7AB893;
  }
  &:nth-child(5) {
    background: #B2E3AF;
  }
  
  span {
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 30px 10px;
  }
}
.basic-slide {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 200px;
  padding: 10px 0 10px 15px;
  font-family: "Open Sans", sans;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: #377D6A;
  background: #efefef;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 3px;
  outline: 0;
  text-indent: 70px; // Arbitrary.
  transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #efefef;
    text-indent: 0;
    font-weight: 300;
  }

  + label {
    display: inline-block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    padding: 10px 15px;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(19,74,70,.4);
    background: #7AB893;
    transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
    border-top-left-radius: 3px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
  }
}
.basic-slide:focus,
.basic-slide:active {
  color: #377D6A;
  text-indent: 0;
  background: #fff;
  border-top-left-radius: 0;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #aaa;
  }
  + label {
    transform: translateX(-100%);
  }
}
.clean-slide {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 200px;
  padding: 10px 0 10px 15px;
  font-family: "Open Sans", sans;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: #377D6A;
  background: #efefef;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 3px;
  outline: 0;
  text-indent: 60px; // Arbitrary.
  transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #efefef;
    text-indent: 0;
    font-weight: 300;
  }

  + label {
    display: inline-block;
    position: absolute;
    transform: translateX(0);
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    padding: 13px 15px;
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight: 700;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #032429;
    text-align: left;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.4);
    transition: all .3s ease-in-out, color .3s ease-out;
    border-top-left-radius: 3px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
    overflow: hidden;
    
    &:after {
      content: "";
      position: absolute;
      top: 0;
      right: 100%;
      bottom: 0;
      width: 100%;
      background: #7AB893;
      z-index: -1;
      transform: translate(0);
      transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
      border-top-left-radius: 3px;
      border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
    }
  }
}
.clean-slide:focus,
.clean-slide:active {
  color: #377D6A;
  text-indent: 0;
  background: #fff;
  border-top-left-radius: 0;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #aaa;
  }
  + label {
    color: #fff;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(19,74,70,.4);
    transform: translateX(-100%);
    
    &:after {
      transform: translate(100%);
    }
  }
}
.gate {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 200px;
  padding: 10px 0 10px 15px;
  font-family: "Open Sans", sans;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: #377D6A;
  background: #efefef;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 3px;
  outline: 0;
  text-indent: 65px; // Arbitrary.
  transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #efefef;
    text-indent: 0;
    font-weight: 300;
  }

  + label {
    display: inline-block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    padding: 10px 15px;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(19,74,70,.4);
    background: #7AB893;
    transition: all .4s ease-in-out;
    border-top-left-radius: 3px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
    transform-origin: left bottom;
    z-index: 99;
    
    &:before,
    &:after {
      content: "";
      position: absolute;
      top: 0;
      right: 0;
      bottom: 0;
      left: 0;
      border-radius: 3px;
      background: #377D6A;
      transform-origin: left bottom;
      transition: all .4s ease-in-out;
      pointer-events: none;
      z-index: -1;
    }
    &:before {
      background: rgba(3,36,41,.2);
      z-index: -2;
      right: 20%;
    }
  }
}
span:nth-child(2) .gate {
  text-indent: 85px;
}
span:nth-child(2) .gate:focus,
span:nth-child(2) .gate:active{
  text-indent: 0;
}
.gate:focus,
.gate:active {
  color: #377D6A;
  text-indent: 0;
  background: #fff;
  border-top-right-radius: 3px;
  border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #aaa;
  }
  + label {
    transform: rotate(-66deg);
    border-radius: 3px;
    
    &:before {
      transform: rotate(10deg);
    }
  }
}
.skinny {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 200px;
  padding: 10px 0 10px 15px;
  font-family: "Open Sans", sans;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: #377D6A;
  background: #efefef;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 3px;
  outline: 0;
  text-indent: 75px; // Arbitrary.
  transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #efefef;
    text-indent: 0;
    font-weight: 300;
  }

  + label {
    display: inline-block;
    position: absolute;
    transform: translateX(0);
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    padding: 10px 15px;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(19,74,70,.4);
    transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
    border-top-left-radius: 3px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
    overflow: hidden;

    &:before,
    &:after {
      content: "";
      position: absolute;
      right: 0;
      left: 0;
      z-index: -1;
      transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
    }
    &:before {
      // Skinny bit here
      top: 5px;
      bottom: 5px;
      background: #377D6A; // change this to #134A46
      border-top-left-radius: 3px;
      border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
    }
    &:after {
      top: 0;
      bottom: 0;
      background: #377D6A;
    }
  }
}
.skinny:focus,
.skinny:active {
  color: #377D6A;
  text-indent: 0;
  background: #fff;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #aaa;
  }
  + label {
    transform: translateX(-100%);
    
    &:after {
      transform: translateX(100%);
    }
  }
}
.slide-up {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 200px;
  padding: 10px 0 10px 15px;
  font-family: "Open Sans", sans;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: #377D6A;
  background: #efefef;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 3px;
  outline: 0;
  text-indent: 80px; // Arbitrary.
  transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #efefef;
    text-indent: 0;
    font-weight: 300;
  }

  + label {
    display: inline-block;
    position: absolute;
    transform: translateX(0);
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    padding: 10px 15px;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(19,74,70,.4);
    transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
    border-top-left-radius: 3px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
    overflow: hidden;

    &:before,
    &:after {
      content: "";
      position: absolute;
      right: 0;
      left: 0;
      z-index: -1;
      transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
    }
    &:before {
      // Skinny bit here
      top: 6px;
      left: 5px;
      right: 5px;
      bottom: 6px;
      background: #377D6A; // change this to #134A46
    }
    &:after {
      top: 0;
      bottom: 0;
      background: #377D6A;
    }
  }
}
span:nth-child(1) .slide-up {
  text-indent: 105px;
}
span:nth-child(3) .slide-up {
  text-indent: 125px;
}
span:nth-child(1) .slide-up:focus,
span:nth-child(1) .slide-up:active,
span:nth-child(3) .slide-up:focus,
span:nth-child(3) .slide-up:active {
  text-indent: 0;
}
.slide-up:focus,
.slide-up:active {
  color: #377D6A;
  text-indent: 0;
  background: #fff;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #aaa;
  }
  + label {
    transform: translateY(-100%);

    &:before {
      border-radius: 5px;
    }
    &:after {
      transform: translateY(100%);
    }
  }
}
.card-slide {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 200px;
  padding: 10px 0 10px 15px;
  font-family: "Open Sans", sans;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: #377D6A;
  background: #efefef;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 3px;
  outline: 0;
  text-indent: 115px; // Arbitrary.
  transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #efefef;
    text-indent: 0;
    font-weight: 300;
  }

  + label {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    padding: 10px 15px;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(19,74,70,.4);
    background: #7AB893;
    transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
    border-top-left-radius: 3px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
    transform-origin: right center;
    transform: perspective(300px) scaleX(1) rotateY(0deg);
  }
}
span:nth-child(2) .card-slide {
  text-indent: 55px;
}
span:nth-child(3) .card-slide {
  text-indent: 150px;
}
span:nth-child(2) .card-slide:focus,
span:nth-child(2) .card-slide:active,
span:nth-child(3) .card-slide:focus,
span:nth-child(3) .card-slide:active {
  text-indent: 0;
}
.card-slide:focus,
.card-slide:active {
  color: #377D6A;
  text-indent: 0;
  background: #fff;
  border-top-left-radius: 0;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #aaa;
  }
  + label {
    transform: perspective(600px) translateX(-100%) rotateY(80deg);
  }
}
.swing {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 200px;
  padding: 10px 0 10px 15px;
  font-family: "Open Sans", sans;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: #377D6A;
  background: #efefef;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 3px;
  outline: 0;
  text-indent: 60px; // Arbitrary.
  transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #efefef;
    text-indent: 0;
    font-weight: 300;
  }

  + label {
    display: inline-block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    padding: 10px 15px;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(19,74,70,.4);
    background: #7AB893;
    border-top-left-radius: 3px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
    transform-origin: 2px 2px;
    transform: rotate(0);
    // There should be a better way
    animation: swing-back .4s 1 ease-in-out;
  }
}
@keyframes swing {
  0% {
    transform: rotate(0);
  }
  20% {
    transform: rotate(116deg);
  }
  40% {
    transform: rotate(60deg);
  }
  60% {
    transform: rotate(98deg);
  }
  80% {
    transform: rotate(76deg);
  }
  100% {
    transform: rotate(82deg);
  }
}
@keyframes swing-back {
  0% {
    transform: rotate(82deg);
  }
  100% {
    transform: rotate(0);
  }
}
.swing:focus,
.swing:active {
  color: #377D6A;
  text-indent: 0;
  background: #fff;
  border-top-left-radius: 0;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
  
  &::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #aaa;
  }
  + label {
    animation: swing 1.4s 1 ease-in-out;
    transform: rotate(82deg);
  }
}