You are getting the hand of backgrounds, however the image needs blending a little - you can see the cutting lines of 'white bits' around the left side. Looks messy.

Also..
Take a look here on ideas how to work text into your sig
http://www.gfxvoid.com/forums/showth...t=50703&page=2
Just a reply I gave to ilostmyname.
There are probably better explain tuts for text on here, but I just quickly jotted that down for him and it might give you a little idea. Its the big post by me on text - you really can't miss it