The glow effect is not supported by default in the iPhone SDK (in particular, CoreGraphics). For a paper effect, I'm not sure what you are looking for. If you insist on effects not supported by the SDK, you should try to find less platform-specific sources and adapt them to the iPhone:
Glow and Shadow Effect (Windows GDI)
Another possible source of know-how for effects is ImageMagick sources .
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