How to make card game images for c program

Hi and Good Day TechyV!
I was making a card game program this last day, but after I wrote GUI, I’m stuck with drawing cards. I tried many software programs but none of them help me though. Now may I ask you, what would be my action if you had written GUI code? Learning DirectX would be much for such simple game. How Windows’ Solitare run smoothly even it doesn’t rotate? And how to make card game images for c program? Any help would be nice.
Thanks,
Brant Joseph
