Pages - I need a Christmas background. Any suggestions?

Question

I need help in Pages.  I need a Christmas background.  There are none supplied.  Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Maverick or Yosemite won't matter for accessing the Open Clipart Site, or what you want to do in Pages v5.2.2 or v5.5 — as mostly this was a version update without noteworthy changes.
Sometimes the host software allows images to appear (I can see my own posted image), and sometimes it doesn't. Go to the Open Clipart link that I provided. In the search box, just type in christmas. You will get 10 pages of clipart images. On page 3, I used the Modern Christmas tree image in my prior post. I clicked the image, and another page appeared, offering downloads for small, medium, and large portable network graphics (png) images. I clicked on large, and a new browser window appeared with that image. I right-clicked on that image, and from the contextual menu — choose Save Image As…
You now have the process down on how to get an image from Open Clipart to your Mac.
Next, I chose Pages > New Document > Choose a Template > Cards > Photocard Vertical. You can drag and drop the Christmas tree over the placeholder image in this card, and it will be replaced by the Christmas tree. This image is parked over two larger text boxes which are locked. You can click to select them, and see the little 'x' indicators that indicate locked. In the Arrange tab on the format panel, and at the bottom, you will see unlock available.
I unlocked each of these boxes, selected them, and removed them. Did the same with the image and its photo frame. Essentially, I removed everything, and then placed and rescaled the Christmas tree image to fill the entire right side of this card. I then inserted a Text Box over the blue, changed the font color to a preselected gold, picked a script font, and typed a  greating. Selected the text box, and from the Arrange tab, I rotated it slightly to fit along side the tree image.
That is what I did that failed to image for you.