The Size Of Whales

I have this cute top pinned to my Pinterest board:

It got me thinking about the watercolour craze that has hit card making and lead to this:

The whale and wave shape are from a X-Cut Pirate themed set – one of the first dies I bought – and I created paper masks from them. Then liberal application of distress inks and pearlised water – Simples!

Hopefully you can make out the shimmer the perfect pearls leaves behind.

As for the title… why is everything “an area the size of Wales?”