RAK in B & W

This is a card I made for the TeaPot Tuesday challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  We are sending cheer to someone who is seriously ill - his major interests are motorcycles and horses - this is not an Apaloosa but the best I have!  I used a variety of black and white papers and twine.  I try to find something besides flowers so thought this punch would work.  The image is Inkadinkado, and the sentiment Close to my Heart. I know this is not what you would normally think of, but the image reminds me of spring and summer - as we travel through the countryside we see so many "spring babies" and their mothers!
Sketch:  http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2013-06-03T12:30:00%2B01:00&max-results=4
Summer:  http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/