I say just leave this topic as is. If you say things that are hatred against a government/group, then I say that's your view of it, if you want to express that publicly then that's fine, people can agree/disagree with you. We're all stuck at home (of most us) now, it's okay to vent out a little. I t...

LOL no I don't want to do it on their behalf. I am however planting paid trees so it's alright.

Exactly, Yet some of my friends don't bother with it

Hooray! Thanks Wallace.

@Wallace ,
Did you do it?

Watch this short video to see how you too can plant a tree somewhere around the world for FREE!

In GIMP, there are paths which don't lose quality because they're defined by control points which control the paths.
But no smart objects in GIMP.

It's doable.
Just gotta outline the math relating to logics (which can be a little tedious) for script to loop through assemble the tiles into borders corners or middle medalion would extra logics on top of the tile used for border.

Please see viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2668
I tested with your example .xcf and it works fine.

Requested by enxio27
This plug-in will cut a layer to the frame layer. Plug-in Menu Location:Python-Fu/Cut Frame...

instructions:
1. Select layer with frame/border image. Run plug-in.
2. Select layer with image to be cut to frame and click OK to run plug-in. That's it.