<label>
    Your username: <input id="username" />
    <span class="callout">Only letters, numbers,
    underscores (_) and hyphens (-) allowed!</span>
</label>

input:not(:focus) + .callout {
  transform: scale(0); 
  transition-timing-function: ease;
}
.callout {
  transform-origin: 1.4em -.4em;
  transition: .5s cubic-bezier(.25,.1,.3,1.5);
}
/* Styling */
body {
	padding: 1.5em;
	font: 200%/1.6 Baskerville;
}

input {
	display: block;
	padding: 0 .4em;
	font: inherit;
}

.callout {	
	position: absolute;
	max-width: 14em;
	padding: .6em .8em;
	border-radius: .3em;
	margin: .3em 0 0 -.2em;
	background: #fed;
	border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.3);
	box-shadow: .05em .2em .6em rgba(0,0,0,.2);
	font-size: 75%;
}

.callout:before {
	content: "";
	position: absolute;
	top: -.4em;
	left: 1em;
	padding: .35em;
	background: inherit;
	border: inherit;
	border-right: 0;
	border-bottom: 0;
	transform: rotate(45deg);
}