RQOTD: Do you use card bases every time you make a card?

I usually put the front panel on a base. I give away and donate most of my cards, so I like to have them ready to go.

MDscrapaholic - An easy way (for me) to adhere them together, if the base and front are the same size, is use your stamping platform (misti or TH or ??) Put the card base in the corner, then put the front panel on top of it using the corner and sides as a jig.

I always make the whole card.

I send cards and give them as presents or donate them.
I want them to be done. If I make a coordinating set I box those up and decorate them , its a great hostess gift. Everyone loves getting them.

When I don't feel creative I sit down to watch a video and just cut and fold card bases this way I have them ready to go. The Stampin up paper trimmer has a score and cut blade so it goes fast.

I always create on a panel. Then, if it's something I'm making in a class or event, like the C&C Cardmaking event, I leave them as is unless I decide to use them for more than just reference. Usually they are my practice cards. If I'm making cards on my own the panel goes on a base because I am almost always making those for a specific purpose.

Almost everything ends up finished on a card base around here, good, bad or otherwise. I rarely keep anything for reference, rarely find anything bad enough not to be salvageable in some way and good enough to donate. I also chop almost anything pretty and made of cardstock into a panel and stick that onto a card base to donate too - postcards, cards from other people, advertising that catches my eye. If I'm storing a panel it's usually quite unfinished, and I try not to keep too many unfinished things around because they drive me bonkers.