For those of you new to scrapbooking, brads are like split pins. They are fabulous to pin things down with, put in the centre of flowers or just to add to the page for decoration.
I find the easiest way to use them is to place a piece of foam (mouse pad etc) under page, prick a hole where you want the brad and push it through into foam. Turn page over and split the back to hold it on.
Have fun..