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The idea regarding stress is that you should fasten the stays at the position they naturally fall in place when they're unscrewed, i.e. don't push the mudguard in (nor out). If it's actually aluminium, you can re-radius it by pushing the edges inwards or outwards to have a nice fender line. You need specialized tools to do that with stainless steel.
You can also bend the fender (according to J.P. Weigle, no cutting - not sure why tbh -) so that is fits the chainstay bridge, if you're unhappy with the bracket you made.
VO sells leather washers if you don't have the tools to make the washers yourself.
Veblen
@Thrust
Will check for stress points and add in washer on the seatstay bridge, I had one but forgot to put it on there again. Will have to buy a scrap of leather and punch out some washers for vibrations.