I wanted to be able to spray more intricate stencils (like portraits) with spray inks, but not having much success with the messy Adirondack sprayers. **Light bulb moment** Ranger has some tiny spray bottles called Mini Misters, that put out a very fine spray. I decided to use some Distress Ink reinkers and mix up some colors in these small misters, to see if they would spray more 'controllably'. I think they do! Still not perfect....but betta! Here are a couple stencils I tried, using them.

You have seen my Mz. Liberty before. I did the background in Fire Red. Foreground was Broken China (a rather aqua blue). Even though the red was dry, the blue sort of 'reactivated' it, and made a more 'purple-y' outline of the stencil detail. Of course, the background needs to be a lighter value than the top detail, for it to show up well. *Because the colors are not permanent, you need to consider how a couple colors will mix to produce another color.

I did the background in Tattered Rose (muted pink). The pattern that seems to appear on the pink layer was from rolling the paper towel over it while wet. Then oversprayed detail in Shabby Shutter (green). Got adventurous, and did her blouse in Broken China (blue). I am pretty happy, even though there are spots that weren't as sharp as spray paint would be. I think these Mini Misters are a good alternative for detail.
Here is how I mixed them: 2 dropperfuls of reinkers to a Mini Mister, then fill to 3/4 full with water and shake. Option: Add a little scoop of Pearl Ex to the Mister, for glitz. You can't tell here, but the blue shirt on the woman above, had gold Pearl Ex mixed in. Looks great in person!
I am planning on 'rebottling' my Adirondack inks into some of these Mini Misters, as well. Better spraying mechanism. Then I will have lots of colors to play with, and nothing going to waste.