Creating a wood background in Illustrator

[#1]

How can I get the attached to be in an oval without the blue outline of the oval. As you can see it is currently in a square.

Thank you in advance for your help.

[#2]

How can I get the attached to be in an oval without the blue outline of the oval. As you can see it is currently in a square.

Thank you in advance for your help.

[#3 · Accepted solution]

Take an image of a table top. Import or open in AI. Use the ellipse tool to generate the oval you want above the image. Select both and use Object>Clipping Path>Make.