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HTML

<form>
    <div class="my_input">
		<input type="text" /> 
		<span class="placeHolder blur">User Name</span>
	</div>
	<div class="my_input">
		<input type="password" /> 
		<span class="placeHolder">Password</span>
	</div>
</form>

CSS

.my_input{
    position: relative;
    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 18pt;
    line-height: 2.6em;
    height: 40px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    padding: 0;
    width: 200px;
}

input{
    font-size: 18pt;
    border: none;
    outline: none;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    display: block;
    background-color: #ecf0f1;
    height: 40px;
    margin-bottom: 2%;
    color:#676868;
    padding: 0 20px
}

.placeHolder{
    color: #bdc3c7;
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 20px;
    font-size: 18pt;
    line-height: 40px;
}

.blur{
    text-shadow: 0 0 10px #7f8c8d;
    color: transparent;
    -webkit-filter: blur(2px);
    animation: scale 1s ease-in-out  alternate;
    -webkit-animation: scale 1s ease-in-out  alternate;
    -moz-animation: scale 1s ease-in-out  alternate;
}

@keyframes scale { 
  50% { transform: scale(1.3);
  }
}
@-webkit-keyframes scale { 
  50% { -webkit-transform: scale(1.3);
  }
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
	
	$( "input").focus(function(e) {
	
  		$( e.target ).next("span").addClass( "blur" ).fadeOut( 900 );
	});
	$( "input" ).blur(function(e) {
		var val=$(e.target).val();
      	if(!val){
      		$(  e.target  ).next("span").removeClass( "blur" ).fadeIn( 300 );
      	}
  		
	});
	$( "span " ).click(function(e) {
	
  		$( e.target ).addClass( "blur" ).fadeOut( 900 );
		$(e.target).prev("input").focus();
	});
});