Many digital stamps are available only as JPGs which have a solid, white background. The Maker, as well as other digital cutters and many printers, would want to draw or cut the background, so that won't do. Two choices, either see if the artist has a PNG with transparent background available or convert the JPG. If the first isn't an option, converting isn't hard but does require some software. Adobe Illustrator and Inkscape are two that can do the job easily and Inkscape is FREE.
Open the digital stamp file in Inkscape and accept the defaults on the opening screen.
With the image selected, choose Path > Trace Bitmap from the top menu.
Your image will have duplicated for the number of scans or colours. With a black and white image, there will be only two. Move the top one to the left and delete the original in the centre.
Save the remaining image as a PNG by choosing File > Export to PNG.
The window to save the file will show up on the right panel. Save the file to the place and name you want. You can leave the rest as defaults.
If you open it in an image editor, like Photoshop or Gimp (Gimp is a FREE application a lot like Photoshop), that displayes a transparent background (generally as a checkered background), you'll see the background is now transparent with only the line drawing. Ta da!
If you want better instructions and a visual of the process (but using a full-colour image), check out this video from PattyAnn:
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