Step 1. Create New File

1. In Photoshop, choose File, New (Ctrl-N)
2. Size the image by setting width to px and height to px. Then set the resolution to and Color mode to CMYK color (as shown below in Figure.1).

Figure 1

Step 2. Create Your Design

Go ahead and design your , but remember to leave room to cut. It's a good idea to make guides for yourself, approx inside of the edge for guides (as shown in Figure 2 below).

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Figure 2

Step 3. Save Finished Artwork

First it's a good idea to save a .psd with layers because you need to save your artwork as a flattened .tif file without layers.
Choose File > Save As (Shift+Ctrl+S) and choose TIFF format from the dropdown menu and uncheck the "Layers" tab and save it to your computer (as shown in Figure 3 below)

Figure 3