Thanks everyone for the tips and advice on these cuts. My detail blade works nicely!! I'll post some pics when the project is complete I used the 100 lb felt cover, v=15 f=95. It started out with some shapes out of the library working really nicely. So i would pause it and lower the force. 95 was working great, but then it stopped working at 95 and I put it to 120 to work. Not even a minute worth of cuts and I think the blade tip broke. It definitely isn't a point anymore. But it still works at 120 better than the regular 60 degree blade.
Elizabeth, I'm going to do two passes with less force to see if that will help take out the small die.
Paola, thanks for letting me know the specs for that intricate design. Maybe I need to stick with a smoother paper in general, at least for something like that frame you made so nicely!