Counted Stitch Embroidered Floral Border on Light Linen

A wide light linen card background with a dark navy counted-stitch border of flowers, leaves and small birds along the four edges, two interlocking rings and a small heart at the bottom centre and a large plain linen middle.

Prompt

Use dark thread on a light even-weave ground, building outlines and tonal regions from repeating counted geometric stitch patterns whose density changes carry the big shapes. Big shapes only: silhouette, pose, proportions, large color areas. Below fingertip scale use only needle stitches and thread blends; translate every visible surface into directional stitches. Eyes and nose, where present, are stitched thread shapes with one thread-made highlight. Thread and stitch texture visible everywhere. No photographic detail, printed surfaces, photo bits or text. Wide 16:9 frame. A wedding or housewarming card in dark thread counted-stitch embroidery on light even-weave linen: a stitched border of flowers, leaves and small birds runs along the four edges, with a pair of rings and a small heart at the bottom centre. The large middle is left as plain linen. The empty area is plain surface kept clear for a message, and no lettering, numbers or marks appear anywhere.
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