Another option is to use a montage of left over pictures from the subject matter of the book. If you choose against including photographs on a cover page, this may be an opportunity to do some creative borders. A fancy border carried along all 4 edges, leaving room for the album title in the middle, can give an elegant introduction to your album. Another option is to create a work of art for the cover page using stickers or die cut shapes. This might be an opportunity to test some of your artistic impulses with mediums that you are already familiar with.
Many people like to include an appropriate poem or quotation on the title page of their albums.
For ideas, you may want to visit the Poem Place at dMarie. In addition to some sort of artwork, you'll want to give your album a title. Once More Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow It doesn't really matter whether you create your title or cover page first or last. If you do it first, you may find that at it gives you inspiration for the rest of the album. If you save it for last, you may find that it helps you summarize your feelings about the album as a whole.