Snow and Frost Backgrounds

What is in this collection

Falling snow comes in several moods: gentle snowfall on soft grey-blue, thick swirling snowfall over pale grey, snow glowing gold in a warm dusk, soft snowfall on blush pink and snow falling in front of a starry navy sky. Snow surfaces include wind-sculpted drift ripples, sparkling fresh powder up close and snow dusted over weathered wood planks. Frost and ice backgrounds include fern frost on a window pane, a frosted pane with golden lights behind, feathery hoarfrost crystals, clear blue lake ice with trapped bubbles and a wall of translucent ice blocks. For sparkle, there is icy snowflake bokeh on pale blue, glittering snow dust in silver light and iridescent white snow glitter.

Snowflake backgrounds for winter templates

Snow works from late November to February, not only at Christmas. For cosy holiday cards and Christmas Eve parties, the warm dusk snowfall and frosted glass with golden lights add warmth to a cold scene. For frozen-themed parties and winter onederland first birthdays, the snowflake background on pale blue, the ice block wall and the blush pink snowfall are light and pretty. Winter weddings and silver-and-white galas suit sparkling powder and glittering snow dust, and snow on wood planks gives a farmhouse look. For full winter scenes with a floor to stand on, see winter wonderland digital backdrops; for stars, night sky backgrounds.

Tips for using these backgrounds

• Keep the subject cool and soft. Most snow backgrounds are cool and evenly lit, so a slightly cool grade and diffused light on your subject blend best. The warm dusk snowfall, frosted glass with golden lights and blush snowfall are warmer, so keep skin tones warm for those.
• Use dark lettering on the bright snows. Thick swirling snowfall, snowflake bokeh and white snow glitter are very light, so navy, silver-grey or deep red text reads better than white. Save white lettering for the grey-blue snowfall, lake ice and starry snow.
• Clear the flakes around faces. Falling snow covers the whole frame, so in a full-frame portrait a few flakes can land near a face. Mask them away, or add a few flakes on a layer in front of the subject for depth.

Each snow background is AI-generated, not a photograph of real snowfall, and comes in landscape, square and portrait for cards and booth templates.