-Let's add papers to the template layers. Make the template layer active (see below). Right click template layer in layer box and choose alpha to selection. Open paper (see below). Right click paper layer in layer box and choose add alpha channel. Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 5, black, 50. Delete the original template layer. Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

1- paper 16

2- paper 6

3- paper 5

4- paper 10

5- paper 3

6- paper 7

7- paper 10

8- paper 17

9- paper 15

10- paper 12

-Make words 1 active. Filters>Noise>RGB Noise. Change all sliders (except alpha) to 0.40.

-Make words 1 back active. Repeat drop shadow.

-Make words 2 active. Colors>Colorize. Change only the lightness to 100.

-Make words 2 back active. Colorize: Hue: 0, Saturation: 100, Lightness: -60. Repeat noise and drop shadow.

-Open tube. Move tube below all the word art layers in the layer box. Layer>Scale 90%. Place at the bottom of tag. Repeat drop shadow.

Elements:

frame 1

garland

sign

holly

stars & sparkles swirl

string

tree

doodle

ornament 2

lips

candy cane light posts

snowflake 1

snowflake 2

-Open paper 14. Make the bottom layer. Apply mask. Click HERE to learn how to use masks in gimp.

-Add your name and copyright and you're done!