diff --git a/ionic/components/card/modes/ios.scss b/ionic/components/card/modes/ios.scss
index e28a08aef7..1264070853 100644
--- a/ionic/components/card/modes/ios.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/card/modes/ios.scss
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ ion-card[mode=ios] {
   .item {
     padding-right: ($card-ios-padding-right / 2);
     padding-left: ($card-ios-padding-left / 2);
+    font-size: $item-ios-font-size;
   }
 
   ion-item-content {
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ ion-card[mode=ios] {
   ion-card-content {
     padding: $card-ios-padding-top $card-ios-padding-right $card-ios-padding-bottom $card-ios-padding-left;
     font-size: $card-ios-font-size;
+    line-height: 1.4;
   }
 
   ion-card-header {
@@ -61,6 +63,11 @@ ion-card[mode=ios] {
     color: $card-ios-header-color;
   }
 
+  ion-card-header + ion-card-content,
+  .item + ion-card-content {
+    padding-top: 0;
+  }
+
   [item-left],
   [item-right] {
     margin: $card-ios-padding-media-top ($card-ios-padding-right / 2) $card-ios-padding-media-bottom ($card-ios-padding-left / 2);
@@ -76,6 +83,11 @@ ion-card[mode=ios] {
     font-size: 1.3rem;
   }
 
+  icon[forward] {
+    font-size: 2rem;
+    color: $item-ios-forward-icon-color;
+  }
+
   .card-title {
     padding: $card-ios-title-padding;
     font-size: $card-ios-title-font-size;
@@ -117,7 +129,6 @@ ion-card[mode=ios] {
   p {
     font-size: 1.4rem;
     margin: 0 0 2px;
-    line-height: 1.5;
     color: $card-ios-text-color;
   }
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/card/modes/material.scss b/ionic/components/card/modes/material.scss
index d7a480baab..098cf70e9c 100644
--- a/ionic/components/card/modes/material.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/card/modes/material.scss
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ ion-card[mode=md] {
   .item {
     padding-right: ($card-md-padding-right / 2);
     padding-left: ($card-md-padding-left / 2);
+    font-size: $item-md-font-size;
   }
 
   ion-item-content {
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ ion-card[mode=md] {
     color: $card-md-header-color;
   }
 
+  ion-card-header + ion-card-content,
+  .item + ion-card-content {
+    padding-top: 0;
+  }
+
   [item-left],
   [item-right] {
     margin: $card-md-padding-media-top ($card-md-padding-right / 2) $card-md-padding-media-bottom ($card-md-padding-left / 2);
@@ -77,6 +83,7 @@ ion-card[mode=md] {
     padding: 2px 6px;
     min-height: 26px;
     font-size: 1.3rem;
+    border-color: transparent;
   }
 
   .card-title {
diff --git a/ionic/ionic.material.scss b/ionic/ionic.material.scss
index 34a799fd13..9902616996 100644
--- a/ionic/ionic.material.scss
+++ b/ionic/ionic.material.scss
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
   "components/toolbar/modes/material",
   "components/action-menu/modes/material",
   "components/button/modes/material",
-  "components/card/modes/material",
   "components/checkbox/modes/material",
   "components/item/modes/material",
   "components/list/modes/material",
+  "components/card/modes/material",
   "components/text-input/modes/material",
   "components/nav-bar/modes/material",
   "components/radio/modes/material",