Journaling reads:
Shut in from all the world without,
We sat the clean-winged hearth about,
Content to let the north-wind roar
In baffled rage at pane and door,
While the red logs before us beat
The frost-line back with tropic heat
–John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92), American poet

I layered a light paper on top of the blue paper using the Soft Light blend mode.
I duplicated some of the elements so they would show up a bit more in the background.