diff --git a/source/_patterns/04-components/banners/banners.yml b/source/_patterns/04-components/banners/banners.yml
index 44f6529d4db017a96eb7859d7df1ef1973e3ce05..02bc7a06dea90b593fba510c03e395b4e66e03ea 100644
--- a/source/_patterns/04-components/banners/banners.yml
+++ b/source/_patterns/04-components/banners/banners.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ banners:
           type: 'image/jpeg'
       img_element: '../../../../source/images/president/president_xlarge.jpg'
       alt: 'Alternative text'
-      big_text: 'Image3'
       link: 'http://google.ca'
   autoplay: 1
   slide_speed: 7000
diff --git a/source/_patterns/04-components/card/card.twig b/source/_patterns/04-components/card/card.twig
index 20e42e62a7a73bb90f04d80ed5021ee3cdd2f6e7..8498f2fdc61ce5d4a99b9f2d6c58b15d60832b8a 100644
--- a/source/_patterns/04-components/card/card.twig
+++ b/source/_patterns/04-components/card/card.twig
@@ -2,56 +2,59 @@
 
 <article class="card {{ modifier_classes }} {% if show_hover %} card--show-hover {% endif %} {{ type }}" >
   <div class="card__body">
-    <div class="card__header">
-      {% if date %}
-        <div class="card__date">
-          {% if date is iterable %}
-            {% for d in date %}
+
+    {% if title or author or date %}
+      <div class="card__header">
+        {% if date %}
+          <div class="card__date">
+            {% if date is iterable %}
+              {% for d in date %}
+                {% include "@base/date-formats/_date-format.twig" with {
+                  'date_format': date_format,
+                  'date': d
+                }%}
+              {% endfor %}
+            {% else %}
               {% include "@base/date-formats/_date-format.twig" with {
                 'date_format': date_format,
-                'date': d
+                'date': date
               }%}
-            {% endfor %}
-          {% else %}
-            {% include "@base/date-formats/_date-format.twig" with {
-              'date_format': date_format,
-              'date': date
-            }%}
-          {% endif %}
-        </div>
-      {% endif %}
+            {% endif %}
+          </div>
+        {% endif %}
 
-      {% if title %}
-        <h{{ header_level }} class="card__title">
-          {% if url %}
-            <a href="{{ url }}">
-          {% endif %}
-          {{ title }}
-          {% if url %}
-            </a>
+        {% if title %}
+          <h{{ header_level }} class="card__title">
+            {% if url %}
+              <a href="{{ url }}">
+            {% endif %}
+            {{ title }}
+            {% if url %}
+              </a>
+            {% endif %}
+          </h{{ header_level }}>
+          {% if sub_title %}
+            <span class="sub-title">{{ sub_title }}</span>
           {% endif %}
-        </h{{ header_level }}>
-        {% if sub_title %}
-          <span class="sub-title">{{ sub_title }}</span>
         {% endif %}
-      {% endif %}
 
-      {% if author_name %}
-        <div class="card__author">
-          {% if author_link %}
-            by
-            <a href="{{ author_link }}">
-          {% endif %}
+        {% if author_name %}
+          <div class="card__author">
+            {% if author_link %}
+              by
+              <a href="{{ author_link }}">
+            {% endif %}
 
-          {{ author_name }}
+            {{ author_name }}
 
-          {% if author_link %}
-            </a>
-          {% endif %}
-        </div>
-      {% endif %}
+            {% if author_link %}
+              </a>
+            {% endif %}
+          </div>
+        {% endif %}
 
-    </div>
+      </div>
+    {% endif %}
 
 
     {% if sources or img_element %}