Julie had a good question about the brads on my Prima card:
"the brads placed here... the layer onto which the brads are poked seems to lay so flat onto the layer behind, are the brads poked through 2 layers and then cushioned up by dimensionals on the card base or do you snip your brads?"
Well Julie (and anyone else who wants to know :o) - the brads on this card show through on the inside of the card itself - I just poked holes through after I was done assembling the card and stuck them on!!
I AM one of those ppl who doesn't care if the backs of my eyelets and brads show. Every once in a while I WILL try to conceal them - but I usually don't bother. I like the layers on my cards to lay flat (or as flat as possible) and when I *try* to conceal the backs of brads (w/ eyelets it's easier as the backs of those can usually lay pretty flat - but the prongs on brads stick out a lot more) it creates bumps and whatnot in the CS anyway and (to ME) I think it ends up defeating the whole purpose in the first place!!
If someone sends me a card and I can see the backs of the brads/eyelets used when I open the card, it won't in anyway detract from the delight I'll feel at getting a hand-stamped card!!
I honestly *never* thought it was such an issue until I started seeing threads on the topic on SCS - and I guess it really *does* bother some ppl!!
I just hope that if I send a card to someone and they can see the backs of the brads and eyelets they won't get mad and toss it!
(OK totally exaggerating there but y'all know what I mean LOL!)
So that's my 2 cents on the whole backs of brads and eyelets showing issue!!
What do you all think?? Is it a total non-issue? Or is it really *bad* "stamping etiquette" to allow the unsightly backs of brads and eyelets show through on the inside of your cards???
