Stamen Help

[fionaess]

My stamens in implosion pendants are getting very flat and blobbish ... they used not to be.  Any ideas on what Im doing wrong?

[garishglobes]

Poke them in?
Are you imploding too quickly or at a different angle to before?

[Steampunkglass]

Poke them in?
Are you imploding too quickly or at a different angle to before?

wot I wondered too. Are you doing them first then adding the petal so they get to start imploding first. I sometimes find the ones right in the centre under the main rod don't implode so much. Maybe try a wider lot of spots and see if that helps?

[fionaess]

Dunno... I make the stamen dots... add petals and then implode the whole lot.... should I be imploding the stamen dots first a bit then add the petals or maybe melt the stamens a bit, give em a poke and then add petals and implode the lot.... The annoying thing is that I have implosions from 3 months ago with great stamens, but now they are flat blobs.....

[Steampunkglass]

I'd say poke 'em first, see if that helps, when I've started imploding them first I end up with stamens too long that go out too far and thin. If poking them to start them off doesn't work then try imploding a bit and see if that helps start them off 

The annoying thing is that I have implosions from 3 months ago with great stamens, but now they are flat blobs.....

ain't that always the way, I've got a couple of techniques I used to get right, now they don't work at all 

[fionaess]

Thanks Glenn and Emma - I'll have another go tonight.. mind you I would prefer long and skinny stamens to blobs

[fionaess]

Poking helped tyvm 

[garishglobes]

Good stuff  It apparently helps avoid bubbles, too.