I think you will REALLY enjoy it!!!
Hey Penny -
if you get clipart and the background is all white or gray - there is a magic eraser tool in photoimpact - go to the regular eraser and click on the arrow in the bottom right corner - choose the other eraser - when you click on the design it will erase all of the color that you click on - so if you click on the white background - poof

- it will be gone!!
you can choose different degrees of similarity - 0 meaning they are an exact match - I find that around 20 is the best range - beyond that you might get things you don't want - it is the kind of feature that you will get a feel for the more you use it!