Simple Paper Ranunculus
Today is the first day of spring! It is so predictable that here in Portland it has rained all day. To add a pop of sunshine into all of our lives I made these cheery yellow paper ranunculus flowers today.
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Members can download the printable PDF and step-by-step photo tutorial below. The yellow ranunculus has both a back and front watercolor print and these flowers work best when printed on a letter weight white printer paper. I am also including the pink paper ranunculus PDF that is shown here in my tutorial. The pink version has only one side to print as I left the other white. You can find all of the tools and materials needed listed on the right hand side at the top of this post – including links to our top-match paper picks from our shop for this project.
Give these little blooms of sunshine a try. They are perfect to top a gift, wear in your hair or to decorate a Spring table setting. Remember to share the love by liking my Facebook page, and following me on Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. Happy Spring! ~ Lia
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- Yellow Ranunculus – Lia Griffith Frosted Craft Paper – Citrus Pack Color: #2 & #3
- Pink Ranunculus – Lia Griffith Frosted Craft Paper – Melon Pack Color: #2, Succulent Pack Color: #1
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Leave a CommentHi Lia!
I LOVE these! Is there a SVG file for these? Thank you for all you do!!!
This is an older flower that has a printed pattern. We do have an SVG for that flower in this post though: https://liagriffith.com/paper-ranunculus-flowers/
Love these bouquets! And thank you for the tutorials! I can’t find anything abou,t how to attach floral wire to flowers.
Thanks Jennifer! Check out the video on this post with a newer flower pattern that shows adding a wire: https://liagriffith.com/countdown-to-spring-ranunculus/. (The updated flower & leaves can be found here: https://liagriffith.com/paper-ranunculus-flowers/)
Big thanks from Chile, truly beautiful work 🙂
Your sweet comment brightened up a very rainy day here in Portland:-)
Just wanted you to know, have been singing your praises to whomever is interested about your blog. Was at Hobby Lobby in Grand Junction today, came out of restroom which is right by bridal things, asked 4 girls if they’d ever heard of you and what kinds of projects you make. Gave them your blog name. Also told another lady I talked to in fabric dept. Seems I’m always telling clerks at Michaels about you also. For all the superior projects you’ve shared with us want to spread the word about you. Hope my enthusiasm carries over when I tell people about you.
Have been making some of your exquisite paper flowers, first are camellias and then will be apple blossoms, then I think the ranunculas and who knows what else after that. Am having such a great time making paper flowers. Instead of using cardstock thought would try plain white text weight paper.
Guess had better get busy, can’t make anything on pc. Happy week and weekend
You are just awesome! I should send you a stack of business cards. 🙂
These are beautiful
I was wondering if you have an SVG link for these like you have for hydrangeas? They are also beautiful!! 🙂
Thanks
I don’t. It is one of the ones I made before I had my personal cutting machine. I will definitely make one soon, it is such a pretty flower.
Is there an SVG link yet? (She asked, wistfully.)
No, but we will definitely add that to our list to post soon:-)
I’ve been following you for years, and always crossing fingers that you’d do a ranunculus! They’re definitely among my favorite ‘tattered’ fluffy blooms, and like peonies, I can never manage to get the live version to stay fluffy long enough for a project. These paper lovies are the cure for my floral ills! Thanks so much for creating my faves, and I’m sure I’ll be using these patterns for decades to come. HUGE congrats on your cricut win and successes! Can’t think of another crafter more deserving of epic notice!
Thank you so much for your kind comment, it put a huge smile on my face. I LOVE ranunculus!!!
thanks so much for your fab flower tutorials
You are welcome:) Happy crafting!
I love your paper flowers, and the templates are so helpful! I’m making paper flower bouquets for my wedding in November and I’ve been using your flowers and even tracing the templates on book pages for some beautiful accents.
Do you have any tips for how to attach the ranunculus to floral wire to include in my bouquet?
Congraulations on your upcoming wedding! It warms my heart to know that you will be using paper flowers. Do a spiral of the wire and glue it on to the bottom of the flower and cover with green floral tape.
These are lovely. Thank you for the template!
You are welcome! Aren’t they lovely:) One of my favorites, feel like I always say that but I keep finding new favorites:)
Hi Lia! Will you be doing these in an outline (black and white) version? Color ink can get so pricey especially since I’ll be doing them for my wedding. Sorry I haven’t shared a photo of my “M” from Mother’s Day last year! My mom really loved it! 🙂
Great to hear about your mom! I should be able to share the outline. I will put it on my list, but feel free to remind me. You can email at hello at lia griffith dot com.
These are GORGEOUS and SO EASY to make! Do you have any other colors or just the yellow & the purple/green? I’m using them for my sister’s wedding & would love additional soft colors if you have them!
Your site is a serious money saver for us! We’re using the roses and feathers, too! Thank you SO MUCH!
I made one just now and I just love these flowers!!!!! Thank u soo much for the pattern..I made mine out of my own yellow paper and inked the edges. Just wanted u to know cause u inspired me cause of ur pattern. I can’t thank u enough!!!!!! I can’t purchase any right now so this gives me a BIG smile!!!
That is so good to hear Jennifer! So happy these flowers are making your day. 😉
Thank you very much for sharing the templates of flowers. On Guam, we are very limited to what resources we have. I print out the templates and have my friend trace them onto a hard plastic and cut them out so I can reuse them over and over again. We don’t have Michaels, Joannes, etc. here, just Ben Franklin and they don’t carry too much and is very, very expensive because they know there is no competition. Please, please continue sending templates of flowers, and other things to make my arts and crafts easier for me to do. Once again, thank you very much. From far away Guam, Dawn
You are so welcome Dawn. It makes me smile to know that my work is being used all over the globe. The plastic template idea is brilliant. 🙂
Hi, Lia.
I heard about your blog recently, through Amber from Damask Love. I love everything in your blog, such creativity and gorgeousness!!! And you even share all these templates… I’m in love with your flowers, they are so very beautiful. A million thanks :).
So happy you are here! I LOVE Damask Love. She is a talented girl. I have more flowers coming so stay tuned!!
Hi! Your flowers are lovely! Could you possibly create a pattern for lotus flowers, magnolias and dogwoods? Those are some of my favorite flowers! Thanks!
That may happen. . . stay tuned!
Hello,
I would like to do the pink ranunculus, and I noticed there was not a second page to do the back. Is there suppose to be?
Thanks
For those I only printed the one side. I tried it with two but it looks dirty, and the white on the inside gives it a glow.
This are awesome easy and work great.
Here’s what I have been putting together, and testing a pomander (kissing ball)
http://www.pinterest.com/crisaquarius24/paper-flower-ideas/
Those are beautiful! Great job Crystal!!
Do you have an outline version of these? I tried printing on some color paper and they are quite difficult to see the edges..
Print them on white paper then. I may do an outline version when I have time. Right now I am up to my eyeballs in Christmas posts. 🙂
Thanks for the post these are all awesome, What I like is they are not overtly complicated like some other big name in crafts…. Not to knock Martha but If i need to bring out a blender and an oven for a craft, its too much! I can’t wait to see some Christmas/holiday ideas!
Thanks Crystal. Lots of Christmas coming next week. . . oh and some today too. 😉
LOVE!!!! your website! Thank you for al the great tutorials and free downloads.
You are so welcome!!
Oh these are stunning, is that May Arts silk?
Yes it is. I LOVE May Arts ribbon. This silk is my favorite and you will see different colors of it in a lot of my shots.
Thank you very much for this PDF. The ranunculus are so beauty full. I will make them for my cards.
You are so welcome. They would look lovely on a card for sure. 🙂
I’m getting married in November and I want to make a bouquet out of ranunculus, could you please show me how to make it with the stem (flower wire)? My colors are lilac (or shades of purple) and light teal. Is it possible to get the flowers to be in those colors? I also loved the roses bouquet you did 🙂 This website is wonderful!
I am making these for Mother’s Day! I am actually decorating a papier mache “M” with them…can’t wait to see how it turns out 🙂 Thanks for all of your amazing work!
P.S. This is also good practice for a diy wedding 🙂
Share a photo when you are done. It sounds gorgeous! I was just thinking to make my front door wreath with yellow ranunculus. We are so on the same page. 😉
I love your website. Is there anyway you can make white ranuculous with green center? Thank you.
I will send you an email.
This reminds me of how a cabbage grows. 🙂 I recently bought two bouquets of red/yellow ranunculus at JoAnn’s to put in a vase on my dresser in the bedroom. Yours would have been much less expensive and just as pretty!
And there is something special about the handmade. 😉
Oh how I love your flovers! 🙂 I’m planning to give them my grandmother, she’ll be so happy.
Thank you.
So sweet. She will love them even more because you made them.
Tens molt bon gust, m’agrada tot el que fas, quines flors més maques!!
Moltes grà cies per deixar-nos totes les explicacions i poder imprimir-les.
Una altra abraçada des de Catalunya.
Thank you for the sweet note Anna!
Thanks for this great tutorial!! Another amazing Inspiration.
You are welcome Monika!
I love yellow and kraft together! Beautiful!
I think you inspired me. 😉
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