Illustrator Distort & Transform

[merry_fay]

I've used the polygon tool to draw a nice little pentagon & used the pucker & bloat tool to turn it into a flower-ish shape.
But, on the tutorial I was watching, a hexagon was used & their flower was completely regular (all petals the same size). Mine isn't, the bottom one's are bigger than the top. Is there a way I can make it regular with a pentagon?

Also, after doing it, I still have the outline of the pentagon. If I'm going to send this to a laser, I need only the path I want to be cut, ie just the flower. How can I make sure that's the only path I have & get rid of the pentagon?

Thanks
the hopeless blonde one

 

[hawkeye]

Double click the tool and set the options. Then just click and hold at the same spot on each side of the pentagon to get the same results.