Images added to my layout surrounded by gray box!

Hi, I'm very new to all this but I have what seems to be a simple question! When I try to add a graphic to my layout it's surrounded by a gray box...I downloaded the graphic from a scrapbooking website, but on the website when it shows the tutorials the graphic does NOT have the gray box around it, so is it something I'm doing wrong? Or could it be that the downloads don't work with PSE 6? thanks for any tips :)

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