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HTML

<div id="overlay">
    
</div>

<div id="underlay">
    <a href="">Link</a>    
</div>

CSS

#overlay, #underlay
{
    width: 150px; height: 500px;
}

#underlay { border: 5px solid blue; }

#overlay
{
    position: absolute;
    border: 5px dotted red;
    background: transparent;
}