So happy I made this purchase! I love the larger size of the Joy Xtra. Upon receiving my Joy, I packed for a scrapbook retreat and the size was perfect for my allotted space. I would not have had room for my Cricut maker so the Joy Xtra worked really well. I'm a card maker also and I find the Joy Xtra is my "go to" machine now!
I love it. I was skeptical about not getting the other types of machines but really this is absolutely perfect for a beginner. I have 0 regrets. Light weight and very compact. I use it all the time.
I am very happy with my Joy Xtra. It is compact and I can keep it on my desk. It is ready to go. I love that it fits letter size paper and I can make stickers, too. The drawback is that it cannot score. I got around this by using my etching tool, which puts the score on the page, but doesn't cut. It would be great if Cricut would come out with a scoring tool for the Xtra. I love it and I'm very glad I purchased the Joy Xyra.
I have the Venture, a few Makers, and some Explores machines all with the capability of doing print then cut however, hands down this little machine does it better, faster, and is compact! If you don't have this one you need it! This sits by my computer and I can just sit and feed my sheets into it, all while taking up hardly any space.