Only one render, and blend the render into the background a bit at the bottom. Text is really gross; just leave it out and work on composition, depth, flow, and colouring, and stuff, for now. Oh, and when people say that you shouldn't learn depth, flow, and composition because you're a beginner, and wait until you're more experienced, don't listen. If you learn that now, sure, it'll be harder, but if you DO learn it now, it'll come to you more naturally later on, and you won't have to think about it as much, and you'll get better at it faster.
And so he said, "and there will be delicious cake", and with those words, I said, "I see what you did there..."