Only want part of the background layer to overlap the foreground layer

[Garry Miller]

I want to make tokens for a virtual tabletop game and I am trying to figure out how I can make the background image look 3D with only part of the background layer overlapping the foreground layer. In this example the wolf is the background layer the frame is the foreground layer < this is an example of what I mean taken from elsewhere on the web

[mccoytest]

I guess I don't understand; I think at least part of the 3D figure must be in the foreground, at least the way I conceptualize it.

[Garry Miller]

Yes that’s right.