Craftgrrl

I make crafty items, usually paint wood boxes and add pics and photos with glue and decoupage over them, add sheen and/or glitter. the problem is, that the dried paint runs over the picture while I'm spreading the glue over it. I've included a pic of it, you can't really tell because I blotted it while the paint and glue were still wet, but it always makes the print look stained. I hate the damaged messed up look my stuff gets. anything to remedy this?