Having a simple but can not figure it out

How to send a pattern to the back and have my imagine in the front of it. what I am making a background really. but having the pattern fill in the non cut areas. any ideas

I can’t really grasp what you want with the terms you are using without seeing a picture, but here is a pattern from the images available with text cut into it to a shallow depth. You click on the pattern and you can edit the depth of cut and the same with the text. You need to choose the bit that will be able to handle the image you are cutting or it won’t show up in the window.