What a great challenge! I was torn between 2 layouts, and then went with the "connections" theme. Also, apparently I couldn't stop adding flowers and foliage, lol.
This was fun! I love all these vintage Santa ephemera pieces that Paula Kesselring has released, so I went a bit crazy and added a ton of them to this page:
I hope I've understood correctly. I chose a solid background. Here is the same page with no paint on the background, just to make it more clear that there aren't any significant gaps.