At the top of the Illustration Style image, "Happy Birthday, Julia — Grading Clues on a Curve!"

At the bottom of the image, "Trail seized. Case closed. Cake open."

Illustrate a warm, hand-drawn scene where teacher-meets-detective-meets-hiker:

- Center: Julia as a cheerful teacher-detective on a forest mountain trail, mid-stride uphill, wearing hiking boots, a flannel, and a whistle lanyard. She holds a magnifying glass over a trail of cake-crumb footprints that zigzag up the path.

- Teacher-crime details: A small portable chalkboard propped against a boulder reads “Case File: B-DAY” and “Lesson Plan: 1) Hike 2) Investigate 3) Cake,” with doodles, arrows, and circled “Evidence.” Numbered evidence markers highlight frosting smears, a coffee ring on a map, and a suspicious fork. Yellow “DO NOT EAT THE EVIDENCE” tape playfully cordons a patch of crumbs.

- Hiking touches: A wooden trail sign shaped like a ruler points “Summit 2 mi” and “Staff Room 0.0 mi.” Julia’s trekking poles are oversized pencils; sticky notes flutter from her backpack like trail flags. A map on a clipboard is a notebook page with a dotted route and red string linking “clues.”

- Light humor: A squirrel in a tiny “burglar mask” sneaks a crumb; a field guide titled “Crimes & Climes” peeks from Julia’s pack. A chalk-outline of a missing cake slice on a flat rock—goofy, not grim.

- Composition and style: Balanced layout with ample sky for the headline and a wooden plank or carved-stone sign near the bottom for the punchline. Fine linework, subtle crosshatching, and textured brush strokes.

- Color palette: Warm, expressive tones—golden sunlit sky, moss and spruce greens, terracotta trail, cranberry accents, creamy highlights. Soft paper grain background and gentle shading for depth.

- Lettering: Playful, chalky hand-lettering for both text lines; ensure high contrast and clean readability.

Generated with these themes: Teacher, Crime stories, Hiking, and .

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