That takes me back to when I was a kid (I still have an unfinished embroidery piece in a bag in my closet). It was one of the earliest needlework types I taught myself along with cross-stitch, and would do it along with knitting. Right after college, I ended up getting into petit point on 20 mesh but that's been almost 40 years ago and I briefly morphed into doing some lace crochet with cotton thread or embroidery thread (for doilies) and even contemplated trying tatting but never got far with that. I did end up revisiting cross-stitch again about 15 years ago when I made a Tunisian crochet baby blanket for one of my nieces that had a pattern of tiny flowers and panel borders done as a cross-stitch decoration.
Considering that years ago I was surprised to see sewing machines with embroidery settings, I was wondering if people were still doing hand-embroidery anymore. Like most crafters, I have a stack of unfinished things sitting around too and I am happy to see that you got back to this one. The 3D effect is perfect. 
Beautiful!!!! 
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